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<p>The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA)
wants to amend its official language policy to be able to conduct its
business in three languages only – IsiZulu‚ English and Setswana.</p>
<p><span class="gmail-_Tgc">Currently, there are eleven official languages for South Africa.</span></p>
<p>The DPSA has published its <a href="http://www.dpsa.gov.za/documents/Official%20Language%20Policy%202016%20Comment.pdf" target="_blank">official language policy</a>,
which is still subject to public comment, in which is aims to identify
at least three official languages that the national department, national
public entity or national entity or national public enterprise will use
for government purposes.</p>
<p>The following factors were taken into account in arriving at the choice of official<br>
languages:</p>
<ul><li>Usage</li><li>Practicality</li><li>Expense</li><li>Regional circumstances</li><li>The balance of needs and preferences of the public it serves</li></ul>
<p>According to census data from 2011, Zulu is the most widely spoken language in the country with 11.6 million speakers.</p>
<p>This is followed by Xhosa with 8.15 million speakers, and Afrikaans, with 6.85 million speakers.</p>
<p>English is some distance away with 4.9 million speakers, close to
Sepedi (4.6 million speakers) and Setswana (4.07 million speakers).</p>
<p>DPSA spokesman Dumisani Nkwamba told TMG that members of the public have 30 days to make submissions on the new policy.</p>
<p>“We are going to study the submissions and the DG (director-general) will make a decision.”</p>
<p>Nkwamba said the department could add more languages to the policy‚ depending on public feedback.</p>
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