{"id":6304,"date":"2018-12-03T06:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T06:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/langa-khumalo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:29:48","slug":"langa-khumalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/langa-khumalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1543818578573\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"2\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"30\"] {width:29%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"30\"] {width:30%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"70\"] {width:69%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"70\"] {width:70%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"2\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1543818578574\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"29%\" data-width=\"30\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543818669248\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"imageck\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2023-05-31-lk.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2023-05-31-lk.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block_ID1543818581433\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"69%\" data-width=\"70\">\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543818611342\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_edition ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Prof Langa Khumalo<br \/>\nChief Director<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Langa Khumalo is a Full Professor and Chief Director of the South African Center for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU). He is the former Director of Language Planning and Development at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He is a member of the Oxford Business Alumni Network. He is the current Chair and Coordinator of the Africa Union (AU) IsiZulu Language Commission. He is the immediate past Chair of the Universities South Africa (USAf)\u2019s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL). He is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society (FCCS), a former Language Champion in the Oxford Global Languages program (OGL) for Oxford University Press (UK), a member of the Scientific Board of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS, University of the Western Cape), the current President of the African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX), and a member of the inaugural Executive Committee of the Digital Humanities in Southern Africa (DHASA). He is a board member of the African Literary Metadata (ALMEDA) Project based at Uppsala University in Sweden, that is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union\u2019s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He has previously served as a member of the Language Policy Review Working Group appointed by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). He is currently a Member of the Advisory Panel for Language Policy Implementation appointed by DHET.\u00a0 He is an award-winning author in Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics. He is a recipient of the Staff Excellence Award (2018) for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Humanities at UKZN. He has received a Recognition Award from the University of the Free State (UFS) for his global contribution to Multilingualism. He is a Fellow of Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS), and Adjunct Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate, Strategic Leadership Programme, University of Oxford, UK, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Certificate, Advanced Leadership Development Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>PhD Linguistics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2007.<\/li>\n<li>MPhil. Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Certificate, Corpus Linguistics, Tuscany Word Centre, Italy, 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Work experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2014 \u2013 2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: University Language Planning and Development Office, UKZN.<\/li>\n<li>2015 \u2013 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Champion: Oxford Global Languages, Oxford University Press (UK).<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; 2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Associate Professor, School of Arts, UKZN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=1beqUzkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/langakhumalo.co.za\/\">Professor Langa Khumalo<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1543818502025\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) .blockck:not(:first-child) {margin-left:2%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1543818502026\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1543818502051\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof Langa Khumalo Chief Director Biography: Langa Khumalo is a Full Professor and Chief Director of the South African Center for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU). 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