South African Language Rights Monitor 2011 / Suid-Afrikaanse Taalregtemonitor 2011

Download or read book South African Language Rights Monitor 2011 / Suid-Afrikaanse Taalregtemonitor 2011 written by Johan Lubbe and published by UJ Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SALRM 2011 provides a rich source of information on a range of language-related subjects. A prominent issue remains the changing of street and place names, including the Pretoria/Tshwane and Louis Trichardt/Makhado sagas. Language in education remains a thorny issue; as medium of instruction at school and tertiary level, and the proposal that passing an African language should be a requirement in order to obtain a tertiary degree in South Africa. In terms of language legislation, the draft version of the National Language Act was proposed. The language of record in courts also received attention in the media.