South African Languages

Updated:

2012-05-10

Note on progress:

Tabled in the NA on 4 November 2011 - access for Bill Tracker subscribers, or purchase this document

Originator:

Minister of Arts and Culture

Committees:

Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture

Draft Bill

Draft bill full text:

Published in GG 34675 of 12 October 2011 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Year of publication:

2011

Explanatory summary:

Published in GG 34675 of 12 October 2011 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Bill

Bill number:

B23-2011

Year of publication:

2011

Bill full text:

Access for Bill Tracker subscribers, or purchase this document

Further Information

SabinetLaw articles:

Department of Arts and Culture to Introduce South African Languages Bill in Parliament This Year

South African Languages Bill to be Tabled in Parliament

South African Languages Bill Introduced in the National Assembly

Languages Bill Not "Appropriate Mechanism for Addressing Multilingualism", Says Department

News articles:

Pansalb to make presentation on Language Bill today - SABC News (2012-01-18)
Dana: We should all speak Swahili - IOL (2012-01-18)
Call to recognise sign language - BuaNews (2012-01-18)
Parliament may face court challenge if it delays language bill - Daily News (2012-01-19)
Country's languages 'in danger' - The New Age (2012-01-24)
Bill to promote multilingualism: minister - News24 (2012-01-25)
Bill to promote multilingualism: Mashatile - Business Live (2012-01-25)
Mashatile: Bill promotes multilingualism - IOL (2012-01-26)
Draft bill 'to boost language parity' - Daily News (2012-01-26)
Languages Bill to 'improve access to services' - BuaNews (2012-01-27)
Afrikaans under threat in languages bill - News24 (2012-02-02)
Bill 'an attack on Afrikaans' - The Citizen (2012-02-06)
No aim to 'kill Afrikaans' - The Citizen (2012-03-02)
ANC 'has no plans to destroy Afrikaans' - News24 (2012-03-02)
Language policy: more time for state - Pretoria News (2012-03-15)

Speeches and statements:

SA Languages Bill 2011 falls short - statement by FW de Klerk Foundation - Politicsweb (2011-12-21)
Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile aims to promote multilingualism through the South African Languages Bill - statement by the Department of Arts and Culture - South African Government Information (2012-01-25)
Govt openly hostile to Afrikaans - statement by Alana Baily, AfriForum - Politicsweb (2012-02-02)
FW de Klerk Foundation warns against exclusion of Afrikaans - Politicsweb (2012-02-05)
Languages Bill discriminates against Afrikaans - extracts from a speech by Pieter Vorster, chairperson of the Afikanerbond - Politicsweb (2012-02-06)
WCape govt to fight proposed languages Bill - statement by Daniel Johnson, Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport - Politicsweb (2012-02-21)
Minister Meyer reiterates his determination to fight proposed National Language Bill - statement by Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport - South African Government Information (2012-02-20)
Renamed Bill not aimed at Afrikaans - statement by Parliament - South African Government Information (2012-03-01)
Languages Bill not intended to kill Afrikaans - statement by Thandi Sunduza, committee chairperson - Politicsweb (2012-03-02)
Language Bill must treat all official languages equitably - Niekie van den Berg, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-03-02)
Statement by the FW de Klerk Foundation, on the future of Afrikaans as an official language - Polity.org.za (2012-03-05)
DA welcomes DAC's concession on Language Bill - statement by Niekie van den Berg, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-03-08)
Afriforum welcomes amendment to languages bill - statement by A Bailey, Afriforum - Politicsweb (2012-05-10)

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