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Heritage Month: Language Diversity in South Africa with an emphasis on language and culture

By Rachel Mohamed As we continue to celebrate Heritage Month under the theme “Celebrating the lives of our heroes and heroines who laid down their lives for our freedom."  VOC Journalist Rachel Mohamed provided some insight on how South Africa prides itself on 12 official languages, with a multilingual population fluent in at least two Indigenous languages, IsiZulu and IsiXhosa, regarded as the largest and most spoken language in the […]

today25 September 2024

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International Literacy Day

By Rachel Mohamed As South Africa observes International Literacy Day designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it is important to highlight South Africa’s poor literacy rates. VOC News took to the streets to gauge public opinion on literacy in the country. Cape Town residents voiced their concerns, stating the literacy rate in South Africa is poor considering the youth are struggling to get employment and […]

today10 September 2024

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