MEDIA RELEASES

PanSALB TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY – 21 FEBRUARY

MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       20 FEBRUARY 2023, PRETORIA PanSALB TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY – 21 FEBRUARY The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education and the SABC will, on 20-21 February 2023, be commemorating International Mother Language Day at the Ranch Resort, outside …

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PanSALB TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY – 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 FEBRUARY 2023, PRETORIA   PanSALB TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY – 2023 The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education and the SABC will, on 20-21 February 2023, be commemorating International Mother Language Day at the Ranch Resort, outside Polokwane in …

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PanSALB LAUNCHES LANGUAGE ACTIVISM MONTH CAMPAIGN IN GQEBERHA, EASTERN CAPE

MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       01 FEBRUARY 2023, PRETORIA PanSALB LAUNCHES LANGUAGE ACTIVISM MONTH CAMPAIGN IN GQEBERHA, EASTERN CAPE   As part of the institution’s efforts to promote the use of mother tongue and the furtherance of multilingualism in South Africa, the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) will, this morning, be launching …

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South Africa: Justice and Correctional Services Committee Seeks Input on Bill to Recognise Sign Language

The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services today requested stakeholders and interested persons to provide written submissions on the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, B1 – 2023. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 so as to recognise South African Sign Language as one of the official languages …

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AFRICAN LANGUAGES WEEK – 24 TO 30 JANUARY 2023

This morning, Tuesday, 24 January 2023, marks the beginning of the African Languages Week.  This is an annual one- week long major event organized to promote African languages by all member state of African Union. The African Language Week was launched in July 2021, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), …

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Sullied Sears into Our Misogynistic Society

  The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the Market Theatre have recently partnered on a production titled SULLIED by Matjamela Motloung that has been made accessible in South African Sign Language for the current theatre season commemorating the national “16 Days of Activism”. The production not only raises awareness on the GBV scourge …

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PanSALB DISHEARTENED AT DISPARAGING COMMENTS ABOUT AFRIKAANS

PRESS RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     17 November 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB   DISHEARTENED AT DISPARAGING COMMENTS ABOUT AFRIKAANS  The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has noted with concern the disparaging comments made by South African born actress, Ms Charlize Theron, wherein she disregards the Afrikaans language as ‘dying out’ and ‘not very useful’ and only …

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PanSALB CONDUCTS MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 November 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB CONDUCTS MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE   The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) will, today 16-17 November 2022, be conducting a Multilingualism Conference being held at the Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. The discussions at the conference will centre around the effective implementation of language prescripts …

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PanSALB TO CONDUCT MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE

MEDIA ADVISORY   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       10 NOVEMBER 2022, PRETORIA PanSALB TO CONDUCT MULTILINGUALISM CONFERENCE    The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) will, from 16 -17 November 2022, be conducting a language conference in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, under the theme “The Furtherance of Multilingualism in South Africa for an equitable future”.  Discussions …

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