<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-td-post-header gmail-td-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:980px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><div class="gmail-td-post-header-holder gmail-td-image-gradient" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:300px;background-color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-bottom:36px;overflow:hidden"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:44px;margin:0px 0px 14px;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:500;line-height:54px">UCT introduces Khoekhoegowab as a short course</h1><div class="gmail-td-module-meta-info" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"open sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1;min-height:17px"><div class="gmail-td-post-author-name" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;color:rgb(255,255,255);float:left"><div class="gmail-td-author-by" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;margin-right:2px">By</div> <a href="https://www.htxt.co.za/author/nokulunga/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:700;margin-right:3px">Nokulunga Xala</a><div class="gmail-td-author-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;margin-right:2px"> -</div></div><span class="gmail-td-post-date gmail-td-post-date-no-dot" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;margin-left:4px;float:left">MAY 27, 2019</span></div></div></div><div class="gmail-td-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:980px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span8 gmail-td-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:680px;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-ss-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-td-post-sharing gmail-td-post-sharing-top" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"open sans",arial,sans-serif;margin-bottom:21px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:20px"><div class="gmail-td-default-sharing" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.htxt.co.za%2F2019%2F05%2F27%2Fuct-introduces-khoekhoegowab-as-a-short-course%2F" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(81,110,171);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:14px"></i><div class="gmail-td-social-but-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:16px;padding-left:10px;margin-left:12px;border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)">Share on Facebook</div></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=UCT+introduces+Khoekhoegowab+as+a+short+course&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.htxt.co.za%2F2019%2F05%2F27%2Fuct-introduces-khoekhoegowab-as-a-short-course%2F&via=%40htxtafrica" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(41,197,246);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:12px"></i><div class="gmail-td-social-but-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:16px;padding-left:10px;margin-left:12px;border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2)">Tweet on Twitter</div></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/27/uct-introduces-khoekhoegowab-as-a-short-course/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(235,64,38);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;width:40px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-googleplus" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:22px;display:inline-block;font-size:16px"></i></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-pinterest" href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/27/uct-introduces-khoekhoegowab-as-a-short-course/&media=https://www.htxt.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/UCT-Image.jpg&description=UCT+introduces+Khoekhoegowab+as+a+short+course" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(202,33,42);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:0px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-pinterest" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:13px"></i></a></div></div><div class="gmail-td-post-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;color:rgb(122,122,122);margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Late last week the University of Cape Town (UCT) introduced a <a href="https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/24/uct-offers-isixhosa-course-for-students-and-staff-as-part-of-new-language-policy/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">short course in isiXhosa</a> as part of the institutions new language policy.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">This week UCT has introduced an indigenous language short course on Khoekhoegowab, which is an indigenous Khoisan language at its Centre for Extra-Mural Studies (EMS).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">According to <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/indigenous-language-course-welcomed-24184747" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">IOL News</a>, the Khoisan language activists have welcomed the institution’s introduction and hoped that it will help to save the culture.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">“Unfortunately many of the continents indigenous languages are endangered. We cannot celebrate things that are African without celebrating the languages. One third of the world’s 6 000 languages are spoken in Africa,” said Khoisan heritage activist, Bradley van Sitters.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">IOL News adds that the first course will run from this month to August, and that the long-term goal was for Khoekhoegowab to become a fourth language at UCT after isiXhosa, English and Afrikaans.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">“I was informed that there wouldn’t be enough interest in the language, and now years on they introduce this course, although it’s not enough. UCT must establish a department for teaching, research and restoration of this language, added van Sitters.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">“There were about 167 000 speakers of Khoekhoegowab, of whom roughly 39 percent were Nama and 60 percent were Damara,” noted retired University of Namibia professor Wilfrid Haacke.</p>[Source – <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/indigenous-language-course-welcomed-24184747" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">IOL News</a>] [Image – CC BY SA 2.0 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/barbourians/5409559837/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">Ian Barbour</a>]<div class="gmail-sharedaddy gmail-sd-sharing-enabled" style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both"><div class="gmail-robots-nocontent gmail-sd-block gmail-sd-social gmail-sd-social-icon gmail-sd-sharing" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 class="gmail-sd-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(241,111,48);margin:0px 0px 1em;font-size:9pt;line-height:1.2;display:inline-block">Like this story? Share it!</h3><div class="gmail-sd-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;list-style:none"><li class="gmail-share-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;display:inline-block;padding:0px"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-share-twitter gmail-sd-button gmail-share-icon gmail-no-text" href="https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/27/uct-introduces-khoekhoegowab-as-a-short-course/?share=twitter&nb=1" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(0,172,238);display:inline-block;font-size:12px;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;border-radius:50%;border:0px;line-height:1;padding:7px;width:auto;height:auto;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:2px;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1"></span><span class="gmail-sharing-screen-reader-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden;line-height:1">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="gmail-share-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;display:inline-block;padding:0px"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="gmail-share-facebook gmail-sd-button gmail-share-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