Sesotho: official language of RSA February 16, 2009
Posted by Rethabile in sesotho, south-africa.Tags: sesotho
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Sesotho was only acknowledged as official language in South Africa in 1994. Yet before 1994 it was, during some periods, promoted through education (from 1955 to mid 1970s) and even the broadcast media (from 1960 on radio and from 1982 on television). The change in language policy for education (from mother tongue education to instruction in Afrikaans and English) led to the Soweto uprisings in 1976.
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[...] HonoluluTownPodcast.Com created an interesting post today on Sesotho: official language of RSAHere’s a short outline…some periods, promoted through education (from 1955 to mid 1970s) and even the broadcast media (from 1960 on Bradio/B and from 1982 on television). [...]