Veteran Ndebele writer Isaac Mpofu said he has a passion for the preservation of the Ndebele language. Mpofu said this during the launch of his book, Sithini IsiNdebele. “We should ensure that we ...

THIS subject is our hobby horse, we will return to it over and over again and we will no tire talking about it. It has been said that the language of a people is as good as their culture, but not the ...

Helsinki-based project collaborators: Axel Fleisch, Lotta Aunio, Thera Crane, Stephan Schulz; International partners: Laura Downing (University of Gothenburg). Several members of the Department of ...

Guest blogger, Buhlebenkosi Moyo speaks frankly about the tribal tension between Zimbabwe's two main language groups. In a Twitter discussion, someone asked why Zimbabweans mock anyone who speaks ...

As debate on the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Bulawayo and Matabeleland continues, some locals say the Ministry of Education should address the situation quickly, while others say ...

JOHANNESBURG — A small group of South African-based Zimbabweans today staged a peaceful demonstration outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in Johannesburg expressing dismay over this year’s Grade 7 Ndebele ...

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya is one of the more prominent writers writing in Ndebele. Her new novel, Zalabantu Ziyebantwini', came out this month. It will be followed by her fourth book, Portrait of Emlanjeni ...

International partners: Laura Downing (University of Gothenburg), several members of the Department of African Languages, University of South Africa (Tshwane/Pretoria). Compared to other official ...