Indigenous language courts South Africa

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: Theodorus du Plessis <dplesslt.HUM at ufs.ac.za>


RSA: Zwelitsha's indigenous language court to reduce backlogs.
All court proceedings in Zwelitsha Magistrate Court will now be
conducted in Xhosa.  This was revealed at the launch of the Indigenous
Language Court in Zwelitsha, Eastern Cape on 20 February 2009.
http://www.justice.gov.za/events/2009events/20090227_zwelitsha.pdf

RSA: Launch of Indigenous Language Court in the Western Cape.
The objective is to ensure that at least one court per region conducts
proceedings in indigenous languages.  The indigenous language court at
Khayelitsha Magistrate Court was launched isiXhosa on 2 March 2009.
http://www.doj.gov.za/reports/other/20090302_Report on Launch of
Indigenous Court in Western Cape.pdf


Prof. L.T. du Plessis
Direkteur/Director
Eenheid vir Taalbestuur/Unit for Language Management
Universiteit van die Vrystaat/University of the Free State
Posbus/P.O. Box 339
BLOEMFONTEIN
9300 RSA
Tel:  +27 51-401 2405
Faks/Fax: +27 51-444 5804
E-pos/E-mail: dplesslt.hum at ufs.ac.za
Web: http://www.uovs.ac.za/etb

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