{"id":12724,"date":"2026-07-31T14:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/?p=12724"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:36:10","slug":"sadilar-researcher-appointed-to-the-north-west-provincial-language-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/sadilar-researcher-appointed-to-the-north-west-provincial-language-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"SADiLaR Researcher appointed to the North West Provincial Language Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">31 July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ms.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ms.png 300w, https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ms-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 policy and planning in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a member of the Provincial Language Committee, she will advise the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for language matters on issues affecting the province&#8217;s official languages. She will also help monitor the implementation of the Use of Official Languages Act (2012) and the North West Provincial Languages Act (2015), while promoting the principle of multilingualism across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This appointment reflects Mrs Setaka-Bapela&#8217;s commitment to advancing indigenous languages and digital humanities research, as well as her continued contribution to the development and promotion of multilingualism in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SADiLaR team congratulates Mrs Setaka-Bapela on this well-deserved appointment and wishes her every success as she undertakes this important role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by: Thandeka Madonsela<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31 July 2023 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,733],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12727,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12724\/revisions\/12727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}