{"id":3728,"date":"2015-08-26T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impreza.us-themes.net\/?page_id=3728"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:11:25","slug":"newsroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_8ba683d5 height_small color_primary with_img with_overlay\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/newsroom.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;\" data-img-width=\"2200\" data-img-height=\"1473\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background: rgba(0,0,0,0.35)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-text us_custom_ffb7e8f1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsroom<\/span><\/span><\/h1><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_title no_text\"><a href=\"#intro\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"far|chevron-down\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.4rem;color:#ffffff;\"><i class=\"far fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>Welcome to the Language Centre\u2019s Newsroom!<\/h5>\n<p>Here you can read all about what we\u2019ve been up to \u2013 in English, Afrikaans or isiXhosa. You could also explore our news categories below. Dive in and join us on a journey of connection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row  type_default valign_top vc_inner\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper width_auto align_left\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"\/nuustak\/?lang=afr\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Afrikaans<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper width_auto align_left\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"\/newsroom\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">English<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper width_auto align_left\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"\/igumbi-leendaba\/?lang=xh\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">isiXhosa<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dialogos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Dialogos_logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dialogos.jpg 562w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dialogos-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our quarterly newsletter, <em>Dialogos<\/em>, draws its articles from the Newsroom. Read the latest edition of <em>Dialogos<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/fbde9c64c7a3\/spaceplacepower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> and sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/sun.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=3a3e31fa92b4aebb4fce7026c&amp;id=417db0b9e6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_blog_side_image cols_2 with_filters\" id=\"us_grid_1\"><style id=\"us_grid_1_css\">#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{padding:1.5rem}#us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin:1.5rem -1.5rem}.w-grid + #us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin-top:1.5rem}@media (max-width:599px){#us_grid_1 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anniversary<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">9<\/span><\/a><a class=\"g-filters-item\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-taxonomy=\"afrikaans-courses\" data-amount=\"20\"><span>Afrikaans courses<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">20<\/span><\/a><a class=\"g-filters-item\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-taxonomy=\"isixhosa-articles\" data-amount=\"10\"><span>Articles in isiXhosa<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">10<\/span><\/a><a class=\"g-filters-item\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-taxonomy=\"comms-lab\" data-amount=\"6\"><span>Comms Lab<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">6<\/span><\/a><a class=\"g-filters-item\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-taxonomy=\"courses\" data-amount=\"29\"><span>Courses<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">29<\/span><\/a><a class=\"g-filters-item\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-taxonomy=\"dialogos\" data-amount=\"63\"><span>Dialogos<\/span><span class=\"g-filters-item-amount\">63<\/span><\/a><a 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data-filter_default_taxonomies=\"coding,10th-anniversary,afrikaans-courses,isixhosa-articles,comms-lab,courses,dialogos,our-languages,plain-language,recent-news,research,terminology,uncategorised,writing-lab,writing-tips,online-language-support,reading-lab\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-34361 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-academic-and-professional-literacies category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-global-citizenship tag-language-day-2025 tag-life-is-language tag-multilingual-mindset tag-multilingualism tag-student-life\" data-id=\"34361\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/womens-month-faikas-trip-tarragona-spain\/\" aria-label=\"Celebrating women in Women\u2019s month: Faika\u2019s trip to Tarragona in Spain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01-600x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01-280x280.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Faika_01.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/womens-month-faikas-trip-tarragona-spain\/\">Celebrating women in Women\u2019s month: Faika\u2019s trip to Tarragona in Spain<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-15T13:52:08+02:00\" title=\"15 August 2025 at 13:52:08 Africa\/Johannesburg\">15 Aug 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Faika at the BIP Faika Haroun, an Academic and Professional Literacies lecturer at the Language Centre, had the privilege of visiting the Roviira i Virgili University (URV) from 9 to&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-33866 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-global-citizenship tag-language-day-2025 tag-life-is-language tag-multilingual-mindset tag-multilingualism tag-student-life\" data-id=\"33866\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-day-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Language Day 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-12.47.40-600x472.png\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-day-2025\/\">Language Day 2025<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-01T10:06:01+02:00\" title=\"1 August 2025 at 10:06:01 Africa\/Johannesburg\">1 Aug 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">About Language Day\u00a0\u00a0 Language Day is hosted every two years at Stellenbosch University (SU). It is an opportunity for SU staff and students to learn from each other and to&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-33321 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-afrikaans-courses category-isixhosa-articles category-comms-lab category-courses category-english-courses category-english-portfolio category-isixhosa-courses category-language-and-communication-services category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news category-research category-writing-lab tag-english-courses tag-english-support tag-internationalisation tag-partnership tag-writing-lab\" data-id=\"33321\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-centre-management-report-2025\/\" aria-label=\"What has the Language Centre been up to from May to July 2025?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feature.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feature.jpeg 361w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feature-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-centre-management-report-2025\/\">What has the Language Centre been up to from May to July 2025?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-17T11:06:30+02:00\" title=\"17 July 2025 at 11:06:30 Africa\/Johannesburg\">17 Jul 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Each quarter, we submit content to be considered for the SU Management Report to Senate and Council. We thought we\u2019d also share here what the Language Centre has been up&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-33265 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-10th-anniversary category-afrikaans-courses category-courses category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-afrikaans tag-culture tag-diversity tag-exchange-students-at-su tag-intercultural-learning tag-multilingual-mindset tag-south-african-languages\" data-id=\"33265\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/schalk-van-der-merwe-interview-ten-years-afrikaans-for-dutch-speaking-students\/\" aria-label=\"Q and A with Dr Schalk van der Merwe in celebration of 10 years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch-speaking exchange students\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kultuur-2017_2-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kultuur-2017_2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kultuur-2017_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kultuur-2017_2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/schalk-van-der-merwe-interview-ten-years-afrikaans-for-dutch-speaking-students\/\">Q and A with Dr Schalk van der Merwe in celebration of 10 years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch-speaking exchange students<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-15T11:32:50+02:00\" title=\"15 July 2025 at 11:32:50 Africa\/Johannesburg\">15 Jul 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\"><p>Dr Schalk van der Merwe, extraordinary senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been a regular guest lecturer for several years at the SU Language Centre\u2019s Afrikaans language and culture course for Dutch-speaking students, where he shares and discusses key events from South African history with students in a narrative style. \u201cWhen it comes to the history and origins of Afrikaans, it is essential to reflect the language\u2019s diversity, and also how it has served as a vehicle for social change,\u201d says Dr Van der Merwe. As part of the course\u2019s 10-year celebrations, we asked him a few questions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-32837 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-afrikaans-courses category-courses category-isixhosa-courses category-language-learning-hub category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-multilingualism-afrikaans-courses-isixhosa-courses-language-culture-exchange-students-at-su-south-african-languages\" data-id=\"32837\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/south-african-languages-for-international-exchange-students-at-stellenbosch-university\/\" aria-label=\"Feel at home in South Africa. Learn the language. Live the culture.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature-280x280.png 280w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IPSU-feature.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/south-african-languages-for-international-exchange-students-at-stellenbosch-university\/\">Feel at home in South Africa. Learn the language. Live the culture.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-07T13:40:14+02:00\" title=\"7 July 2025 at 13:40:14 Africa\/Johannesburg\">7 Jul 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Each semester, the SU Language Centre partners with the International Office\u2019s Global Education Programme to offer three flagship language courses to visiting international students.\u00a0 During the first semester of 2025,&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-32501 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-recent-news tag-africa tag-colonialism tag-communities tag-cultures tag-political-systems tag-technological-innovation\" data-id=\"32501\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/africa-is-not-a-country-africa-day\/\" aria-label=\"Thoughts on the book Africa Is Not a Country, in celebration of Africa Day\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SM_AfricaDay2025-600x600.png\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SM_AfricaDay2025-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SM_AfricaDay2025-300x300.png 300w, 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Africa\/Johannesburg\">23 May 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">In Africa Is Not a Country, author Dipo Faloyin challenges the simplistic and stereotypical portrayals of Africa by emphasising its vast diversity \u2013 54 countries, thousands of languages, and a&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-32487 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-10th-anniversary category-afrikaans-courses category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-afrikaans tag-culture tag-diversity tag-exchange-students-at-su tag-intercultural-learning tag-multilingual-mindset tag-south-african-languages\" data-id=\"32487\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/interview-sen-joostens-10-years-of-afrikaans-for-dutch-speaking-students\/\" aria-label=\"Ten years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch speaking exchange students: An interview with Sen Joostens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1017-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1017-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1017-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/interview-sen-joostens-10-years-of-afrikaans-for-dutch-speaking-students\/\">Ten years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch speaking exchange students: An interview with Sen Joostens<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-05-21T08:39:36+02:00\" title=\"21 May 2025 at 08:39:36 Africa\/Johannesburg\">21 May 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Sen Joostens completed our Afrikaans language and culture course for Dutch-speaking students in 2020 while he was an exchange student at SU from Belgium. Today, he facilitates Afrikaans language learning&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-32019 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-isixhosa-articles category-language-and-communication-services category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-freedom tag-freedom-day tag-language-rights tag-linguistic-freedom tag-multilingual-mindset tag-south-african-languages\" data-id=\"32019\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-freedom-freedom-day\/\" aria-label=\"Let\u2019s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gregory-fullard-H4l6KUy3E6w-unsplash-3-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gregory-fullard-H4l6KUy3E6w-unsplash-3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gregory-fullard-H4l6KUy3E6w-unsplash-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gregory-fullard-H4l6KUy3E6w-unsplash-3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/language-freedom-freedom-day\/\">Let\u2019s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_2 align_left valign_top wrap\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-04-24T09:37:21+02:00\" title=\"24 April 2025 at 09:37:21 Africa\/Johannesburg\">24 Apr 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">On 27 April, South Africa commemorates Freedom Day, marking both the anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1994 and the introduction of the new (interim) Constitution, which guaranteed equal&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-31604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-10th-anniversary category-afrikaans-courses category-courses category-multilingualism category-our-languages category-recent-news tag-afrikaans tag-culture tag-diversity tag-exchange-students-at-su tag-intercultural-learning tag-multilingual-mindset tag-south-african-languages\" data-id=\"31604\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:100.0000%\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/interview-ten-years-afrikaans-for-dutch-speaking-students\/\" aria-label=\"Ten years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch-speaking students at SU: An interview with lecturer, Helga Sykstus\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Helga-blog-foto-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-us_600_600_crop size-us_600_600_crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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datetime=\"2025-04-14T15:09:12+02:00\" title=\"14 April 2025 at 15:09:12 Africa\/Johannesburg\">14 Apr 2025<\/time><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">This year, it will be ten years since Helga Sykstus, lecturer and coordinator at the SU Language Centre with more than 20 years of experience, had launched the Afrikaans language&hellip;<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-31326 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-is-language category-multilingualism category-recent-news tag-community tag-culture tag-diversity tag-human-rights-day tag-language-rights tag-multilingual-mindset tag-multilingualism\" data-id=\"31326\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top wrap\"><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 as_circle has_width has_ratio\"><div 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