Blogs

  • SALALS offers honorary lifetime membership of the Society award to profound researcher

    Author: Deon du Plessis[1] 4 minute read The Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society (SALALS) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in a virtual format for the first time. Prof. Daan Wissing, who is affiliated with the SADiLaR node CTexT, received a very special honour in that he was awarded honorary lifetime membership…

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  • Using the indigenous languages at universities: Why do it and can it work?

    Author: Ms Mmasibidi Setaka (SADiLaR Sesotho Researcher) I was recently invited to join a webinar hosted by the Indigenous Language Action Forum, ILAF, (https://ilaf.co.za/) in short. It is an organisation that promotes indigenous languages, with the aim to ensure the active use of these languages in important sectors such as education, criminal justice, healthcare etc.…

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  • Imibhalo yezomlando ebhalwe ngolimi lwesiZulu

    Author: Ms Rooweither Mabuya (SADiLaR isiZulu Researcher) Historical literary works written in isiZulu This blog is about the historical literary works written in isiZulu and it shows us the prominent authors who contributed in ensuring that the history is preserved. The detailed information on each of the authors is accredited to Mazibuko (2008). Le bhlogi…

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  • SADiLaR Team: Tshivenda Researcher

    SADiLaR’s Tshivenda researcher, Mr Phathutshedzo Maxwell Ramukhadi, specialises in literature and making use of digital tools. He finds the field of literature particularly interesting and continued by saying:  “I want to familiarise myself with the field of Human Language Technology” In the current Covid-19 situation and national lockdown Mr Ramukhadi is working on two articles…

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  • The CODATA-RDA Research Data summer: First of its kind

    During the month of January, the isiXhosa researcher from the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), the Siswati researcher and a programmer were fortune enough to be selected to attended a summer school in Pretoria, which was organised by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Information Science together with the Data-Intensive Research Initiative…

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  • SADiLaR Team: Xitsonga Researcher

    Author: Mieke Hofmeyr At SADiLaR, Mr. Respect Mlambo is the Xitsonga researcher. Respect specialises in lexicography, translation and terminology. Currently he is keeping himself busy with the writing of papers and blogs for SADiLaR in his various fields of research. While the current Covid-19 situation and national lockdown is impacting the whole of South Africa…

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