Veteran Ndebele writer Isaac Mpofu said he has a passion for the preservation of the Ndebele language. Mpofu said this during the launch of his book, Sithini IsiNdebele. “We should ensure that we ...

THIS subject is our hobby horse, we will return to it over and over again and we will no tire talking about it. It has been said that the language of a people is as good as their culture, but not the ...

International partners: Laura Downing (University of Gothenburg), several members of the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa (Tshwane/Pretoria). Compared to other official ...

Guest blogger, Buhlebenkosi Moyo speaks frankly about the tribal tension between Zimbabwe's two main language groups. In a Twitter discussion, someone asked why Zimbabweans mock anyone who speaks ...

WASHINGTON — A group of Zimbabweans based in South Africa is expected to march to the Zimbabwe Embassy on Friday to protest what it calls the use of fouling language in this year’s Grade 7 Ndebele ...

As debate on the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Bulawayo and Matabeleland continues, some locals say the Ministry of Education should address the situation quickly, while others say ...

Gauteng is South Africa’s smallest, yet most populated province. Its capital is the economic hub Johannesburg. Further to the north lies Pretoria, South Africa’s executive capital with the seat of the ...

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya is one of the more prominent writers writing in Ndebele. Her new novel, Zalabantu Ziyebantwini', came out this month. It will be followed by her fourth book, Portrait of Emlanjeni ...