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Finalists In PanSALB Multilingualism Awards Announced
The finalists in the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) annual multilingualism awards for 2010 have been announced.
The awards recognise individuals and organisations that promote and preserve multilingualism and are made in eight categories - music, media, language and literature, technology and business, public sector, education, interpretation and translation and the chairperson’s special award for a lifetime achievement.
In the category for music the finalists are KB Motsilanyane, Thembi Seete and Theo Kgosinkwe.
In the language, written and oral literature category the finalists in Afrikaans are authors André Brink, Antjie Krog and Deon Meyer.
In Setswana the finalists are the Reverend Dietrich Mascher and Thapelo Moraka.
In isiXhosa the finalists are Professors Mncedisi Jordan and Peter Mtuze and Ncebakisi Mogale.
In Tshivenda the finalists are Domina Napoleon Munzhelele, Konanani Muebi and NAPS Publishers.
The finalists for Sesotho are Kabelo Duncan Kgatea, Paul Katiso Nkhoesa and Thapelo Moraka.
In South African sign language the finalists are Francois Deysel and Philemon Akash.
In Khoi, Nama and San languages the finalists are Gerhardus Damarah and the Khwedam Language Committee.
In the media category the finalists in the television programme section are the Dtv programme on SABC3 and 7de Laan on SABC2. In the journalism section the finalists are Aron Mbonani, radio sports commentator on Ikwekwezi FM, Goitsemanga Seleka, presenter on Motsweding FM, NNdededzeni Ramushwana and Themba Makeleni of SABC TV News.
The finalists for companies in the technology and business category that promote multilingualism are Cell Life and Mohapi Financial Services and the finalists for technological innovation are Professor Danie Prinsloo of the University of Pretoria’s Department of African Languages, Professor de Schryver of the University of Pretoria, Dr Marietta Alberts of PanSALB’s terminology section and Mediasoft Technologies.
In the public sector category the finalists are the Department of Basic Education, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sports in the Western Cape, the Free State Department of Health and the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture in the Eastern Cape.
In the education category the finalists for higher education institutions are the Universities of Cape Town, Johannesburg and North-West’s Potchefstroom campus and for basic education institutions are the CEFUPS Academy and the Merara Institute at the CSIR.
The finalists in the interpretation and translation category are the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disability, the North-West University’s Potchefstroom campus and the QuadPara Association of South Africa.
The winners will be announced in Johannesburg on Saturday, 20 February 2010 to coincide with International Mother Tongue Day on 21 February.
The chairman’s special lifetime award will also be made on Saturday evening. It goes to the individual or institution that has, according to the judges, made a meaningful contribution to multilingualism.
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Released by: Sibusiso Nkosi
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Date: 22 February 2010
About PanSALB
The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) is a statutory body established to create conditions to develop and promote the equal use and enjoyment of all the official South African languages. It actively promotes an awareness of multilingualism as a national resource. |
