The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) invites nominations for the 2010/11 PanSALB Multilingual Awards. These prestigious awards recognise individuals and organisations that actively promote and preserve South Africa’s 11 official languages as well as Khoi, San, Nama and sign language.
Awards will be made in eight categories:
- Music: Open to individuals and groups, for multilingualism in song or an album
- Media (Thetha Masombuka Award): Open to journalists and programmes in the print or broadcast media, which help to promote and preserve mother tongue while demonstrating respect for any of the other official languages or for Khoi, San, Nama or sign language
- Language and literature: Open to organisations and individuals, for example writers, who help to promote and preserve the official languages as well as Khoi, San, Nama and sign language
- Technology and business category: Open to organisations and individuals, for harnessing technology to promote multilingualism in business or consumer affairs
- Public sector category: Open to national, provincial and local departments, district municipalities and constitutional bodies, for the best service delivery campaign, project or programme that promotes multilingualism
- Education category: Open to institutions of learning, for multilingualism in their language policy, study guides and the courses they offer
- Interpretation and translation category: Open to organisations and individuals, for projects that promote multilingualism
- Chairperson’s Lifetime Achievement Award: To the individual or institution adjudged by the judges to have made the greatest contribution to multilingualism
“PANSALB is calling on all agencies, organisations and individuals working in South African indigenous languages to enter the 2010/11 Multilingualism Awards. Members of the public are also encouraged to nominate those who promote our South African languages in these various categories,” says PanSALB Acting CEO, Chris Swepu.
PanSALB was established to promote the equal use of the 11 official South African languages, and to help develop all our indigenous languages. It actively promotes multilingualism as a national resource and vehicle for national development. PanSALB also encourages the best use of the country's linguistic resources, so that South Africans can be free from all forms of linguistic discrimination, domination and division and can make the linguistic choices that suit them best.
The 2011 PanSALB Awards Ceremony promises colourful festivities to celebrate the vibrancy of South Africa’s cultural landscape. The event will also showcase Khoi, San, Nama and sign language, which are recognised by the Constitution although not official South African languages.
The PanSALB Multilingualism Awards are held each year to recognise and promote the diverse languages used in South Africa.
Entry forms are available on the PanSALB Multilingualism Awards website http://www.pansalb.org.za. Entries close on 1 March 2011 and can be e-mailed to: communication@pansalb.org.za or brite4@britespark.co.za.
Alternatively, forms can be posted to: PanSALB, Private Bag X08, Arcadia 0007, or delivered to: PanSALB Head Office, 523 Church Street, 5th floor Provisus Building, Arcadia 0083, Pretoria.
Enquiries:
Sibusiso Nkosi
Tel: 012 341 9638
Cell: 082 855 4436
Source:Pansalb
