The SABC and PANSALB have signed an agreement that will see the two organisations working together to preserve African languages. This took place during the celebration to commemorate World International Mother Language Day in Polokwane, Limpopo.
The SABC and Pan South African Language Board have signed an agreement that will see the two organisations working together to preserve African languages. This took place during the celebration to commemorateThe signing of the memorandum of agreement between PANSALB and SABC comes ahead of the SABC’s official launch of a 24-hour news channel, which will broadcast in all official African languages in the country.
“As a public broadcaster SABC has a mandate and obligation to promote, preserve, and protect indigenous languages, we do this through ensuring that all our programming are be it in news, sports and entertainment are in multilingual and it is within in this context that our collaboration with PANSALB is long overdue.”
The Chairperson of Pansalb, Professor Makhubu Bardenhost, adds that people must communicate in their mother language when they are at home.
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