Mogoeng encourages promotion of indigenous languages in society

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Africans cannot achieve self-respect and earn respect of others until they treasure their indigenous languages.

After the show, he said, he received a number of calls from people saying how impressed they were that he was fluent in his mother tongue.He warned Ilifa that the task to preserving indigenous languages was a massive project which would require bravery and pride.“Those who are taught in mother tongue find it easy to assimilate information…and perform better. I can relate to that. Through primary education all these subjects were offered in my mother tongue.

“Think of any nation that has had challenges…From kindergarten, all the way to university, people learn in their mother tongue. The notion that you are limiting your chances of interacting with global people if you speak your mother tongue is false,” Mogoeng said. Ilifa has partnered with the University of Johannesburg, Unisa and Puku, a publisher of children books written in indigenous, to preserve indigenous languages.

 

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Except Afrikaans, which he found to a divise language and the afrikaner a lower grade citizen in his decision on Afrikaans at UVS. He took legal cognizanse of his personal opinions. He is a ANC deployee who's only qualification for the position is arrogance.

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