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At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
The Pan South African Language Board ( Afrikaans: Pan-Suid-Afrikaanse Taalraad, abbreviated PanSALB) is an organisation in South Africa established to promote multilingualism, to develop the 12 official languages, and to protect language rights in South Africa. The Board was established in terms of Act 59 of 1995 by the Parliament of South Africa.
The National Language Service promotes and facilitates communication across languages in South Africa . The NLS' core objective is to meet the language requirements of the constitution [1] by facilitating, promoting and providing a translation and editing service in all the official languages and by managing language diversity through language ...
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South Africa has 12 official languages, and the first year of schooling is provided in all these home languages. [37] Before 2009, schools serving non-English speakers had to teach English as a subject only from grade 3 and all subjects were taught in English from grade 4 (except in Afrikaans language schools).
Members. 800. Website. www .translators .org .za. The South African Translators' Institute ( SATI) is the largest association in South Africa representing professional, academic and amateur translators and other language practitioners. Membership is open to anyone. SATI was founded in 1956. [1] In 2012 there were around 800 members.
Sesotho sa Lebowa is a Sotho-Tswana language group spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa, most commonly in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo provinces. [4] It is erroneously commonly referred to in its standardised form [5] [failed verification] as Pedi or Sepedi and holds the status of an official language in South Africa.
BOC Ltd is a British based multinational, industrial gas company, more commonly known as BOC, now a part of Linde plc. In September 2005, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £10.6 billion. [1] BOC was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and the FT 30. On 5 September 2006 the BOC Group became part of the Linde Group.