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Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: Prof. Elsabé Taljard’s Journey as a Woman in Science
17 August 2026 For more than four decades, Prof. Elsabé Taljard has dedicated her academic career to the study of African languages, contributing to research that places language, multilingualism and digital innovation at the heart of South Africa’s knowledge society. As a professor in the Department of African Languages at the University of Pretoria (UP)…
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Building connections through Digital Humanities at the University of the Free State
14 August 2026 What does Digital Humanities look like in practice? At the University of the Free State (UFS), the answer spans everything from digital archives and language-learning applications to literary analysis and resources for South African Sign Language. On 27 July 2026, approximately 40 researchers, postgraduate students and professional support staff gathered virtually for…
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SADiLaR and NMU equip postgraduates for the full research journey
13 August 2026 On 15 July 2026, SADiLaR partnered with Nelson Mandela University (NMU) to host “From Research Data Management to a Data Paper” at the Ocean Science Conference Centre at NMU. The workshop brought together postgraduate students and interested staff members for a full day dedicated to building practical knowledge around research data management,…
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SADiLaR Researcher appointed to the North West Provincial Language Committee
31 July 2026 SADiLaR is proud to congratulate Mrs Mmasibidi Setaka-Bapela, Digital Humanities Researcher: Sesotho, on her appointment as a member of the North West Provincial Language Committee. Mrs Setaka-Bapela has been appointed for a five-year term, effective 1 June 2026, where she will contribute her expertise in language development and multilingualism to support language…
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SADiLaR preserves nearly five decades of South African language teaching scholarship through digitisation initiative
27 July 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is proud to support the preservation and long-term accessibility of South Africa’s language teaching scholarship through the digitisation of historic editions of the Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig). As part of its commitment to advancing multilingualism and strengthening digital language resources,…
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Building the future of Sesotho through the African Wordnet
01 July 2026 The African Wordnet Project demonstrates that preserving and advancing indigenous languages requires contributions from people across many disciplines. Within the Sesotho African Wordnet team, linguists, translators, educators, broadcasters and language activists are working together to ensure that Sesotho remains relevant, accessible and technologically enabled for future generations. Three members of the Sesotho…
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SADiLaR Leaders Appointed to National Task Team for South Africa’s Unified National Language Action Plan
12 June 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) proudly congratulates Professor Langa Khumalo, Chief Director and Mr Juan Steyn, Operations Director, on their appointment to the National Task Team Towards a Unified National Language Action Plan by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr Gayton McKenzie. The appointments follow resolutions…
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Coding for the Humanities: R-Programming Workshop at Stellenbosch University
02 June 2026 Twenty participants from the humanities and social sciences attended a R-programming workshop at Stellenbosch University from 12-14 May. The workshop was hosted by SADiLaR’s ESCALATOR Programme in collaboration with their Child Language Development Node (CLDN), housed in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University. Facilitated by Dr Bianca Peterson,…
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South African Sign Language Dissemination Event: Promoting Inclusion in Digital Spaces
Media Release: 15 May 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), in collaboration with its Child Language Development node at Stellenbosch University, will host a South African Sign Language (SASL) dissemination event on 29 May 2026, aimed at advancing the inclusion of the South African deaf community in digital spaces and strengthening…
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Strengthening Speech Corpus Development Skills at the University of Limpopo
14 May 2026 From 21-23 April 2026, ESCALATOR and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) facilitated a three-day workshop at the University of Limpopo, bringing together participants from Humanities and Computer Science backgrounds to explore speech corpus development, Digital Humanities (DH), and language resource creation for South African languages. The opening sessions, led…
