A Xhosa language school in Cape Town has ventured onto the social networking scene, for a different reason than most, namely to teach language. Building a fluent nation, one tweet at a time In 2009 ...

As Nelson Mandela's death is mourned and his life and legacy celebrated in South Africa and around the world, the BBC's Pronunciation Unit has been advising broadcasters on the pronunciation of South ...

IN 1991 AMERICAN audiences had an introduction to Xhosa, one of South Africa’s most click-filled languages, when Miriam Makeba (pictured) appeared on “The Cosby Show”. When the celebrated South ...

Cape Town - Xhosa speakers will soon have access to the Firefox web browser in their own language, thanks to a language services company. Rubric has donated its translation services to make the ...

Most former Model C primary schools in which English is the medium of instruction are scrapping African languages, thus forcing pupils to study Afrikaans as their official second language. It comes as ...

South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found themselves engaged in ethnic ...

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on Tuesday launched the isiXhosa gender terminology booklet with the newest gender and sexuality terminologies translated to the Xhosa language. The isiXhosa ...

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The Xhosa live in south-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries, throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country. The Xhosa people are divided into several tribes with ...

As Nelson Mandela's death is mourned and his life and legacy celebrated in South Africa and around the world, the BBC's Pronunciation Unit has been advising broadcasters on the pronunciation of South ...