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How can we get the English off our backs?
According to the outgoing director of the British Council in Namibia, Patience Mahlalela, the Afrikaans language is responsible for the slow development of English in schools and the general public in the country. “Too much Afrikaans is still spoken by … Lees voort
Posted in Africa Politics, Afrikaans, English, Languages
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Englishness
To John Matshika. When I read your piece about how disconcerting you found it to be at Aardklop, I remembered the time I was in Burkina Faso with an English colleague. It was his first visit to Africa, and (for … Lees voort
Posted in Culture, Languages
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Self-publicist howto
1. Get your photo published, including on the Web. 2. The photo should be unusual in some way: Use a prop such as a cigar and an arrogant, ‘don’t mess with me’- stare (David Bullard) *** Clive Simpkins doing the … Lees voort
Posted in Africa Politics, Culture, Languages
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Moneyweb’s Clive Simpkins and writing
This can happen to anyone who writes. You write something, and when people read it (perhaps including you, later on), they see merely a weak piece that reveals a lot about you, the writer, instead of something that is informative … Lees voort
Posted in Africa Politics, Languages
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A South African’s take on English children’s stories
Storymakers The BBC’s Storymakers seems to be always presented by a black person, but why is he called “Byron Wordsworth”, and another one is called “Blake Wordsworth”? This reminds me of the words of Patrice Naiambana: “scores of African actors … Lees voort
Posted in Culture, Languages
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Which South African language will survive
In a previous post, I wrote about the predicted demise of African languages in South Africa. For a while I thought that perhaps the Prospect magazine article does not take into account the official status of some South African languages … Lees voort
Posted in Africa Politics, Languages
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