[lg policy] South Africa: 'Languages Bill not worth the paper it's written on'

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


 The Star

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‘Languages Bill not worth the paper it’s written on’

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On 21 February, under the umbrella of the United Nations, the world will be
celebrating International Mother Language Day. While the f ocus will be on
celebrating language and cultural diversity worldwide, the celebrations
will also commemorate the killing, on 21 February 1952, of four students
who had campaigned for the official use of their mother language, Bengali,
in Bangladesh.



Celebrations in ******South Africa**** will be against the backdrop of our
own struggle for freedom which was interwoven with language and the desire
to have our indigenous languages accorded their deserved recognition. In
this sense, language was the spark that lit the struggle, especially among
the youth.

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Full story:

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/languages-bill-not-worth-the-paper-it-s-written-on-1.1238626

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