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<h1 class="">Maties to create fund promoting Xhosa</h1>
<span id="spnDate" class="">2015-05-31 15:42</span>
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<p>Johannesburg -
Stellenbosch University on Sunday announced that it would create a fund
to assist in the development of Xhosa as an academic language, as well
as to encourage academic works in Afrikaans.</p><p>"A key component of
the University’s language policy is that the institution accepts
responsibility for the promotion of Xhosa as an academic language and
language of social interaction judiciously," said Rector and
Vice-Chancellor Wim de Villiers in a statement.</p><p>"The fund will help realise this in a practical way."</p><p>The fund of R150 000 would be awarded each year for work that is done to develop Xhosa usage in academia.</p><p>"The full criteria will be determined over the course of the next few months."</p><p>Stellenbosch
University also said that it would make a contribution of similar value
towards a prize recognising academic work conducted and published in
Afrikaans.</p><p>"Today, a scant amount of research is being published via [the] medium [of] Afrikaans," said De Villiers.</p><p>"Against
the backdrop of a great number of prizes and awards for research in
English, the prize is an initiative and incentive that should be
welcomed," he said.</p><p>The prize has been initiated by the Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds. </p><p>Naspers will also contribute to the funding of it.</p><p><a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Stellenbosch-university-to-create-fund-promoting-Xhosa-20150531">http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Stellenbosch-university-to-create-fund-promoting-Xhosa-20150531</a><br></p><p><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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