Ngaphakathi kwiilwimi zoluntu kukho iinkcubeko, iimbali nokutyhila ukuba abantu abathetha ezo lwimi bangoobani na. Xa ulwimi luduka, kulahleka indlela ethile yokucinga, nobaliso lwamabali kunye nokuqondwa kwehlabathi unomphelo. ULwesihlanu wama21 kweyoMdumba uphawula iminyaka engama25 wesikhumbuzo soMhla wokuBhiyozela iiLwimi zeeNkobe weHlabathi (IMLD), osisikhumbuzo esenziwa kwihlabathi lonke qho ngonyaka ukukhuthaza ulwaziso loluntu malunga neelwimi ngeelwimi neenkcubeko ngenkcubeko nokukhulisa ukusetyenziswa kweelwimi ngeelwimi. Ingaba uyazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngowama21 kweyoMdumba 1952 ngexa abafundi beBengali, eEast Pakistan (ebizwa iBangladesh ngoku) beqhankqaleza ukuthathelwa ingqalelo kweBengali njengolwimi olusemthethweni?
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Ngomhla we-4 kweyeDwarha, intloko yethu yeLebhu yase-SU yokuBhala, uRose Richards, waye wazimasa inkomfa yezifundo eyayisingathwe ngobuxhaka-xhaka bale mihla kwi-intanethi neyayimalunga nokupheliswa kobukoloniyali kumaziko okubhala aseMzantsi Afrika. Wabelana nathi ngeengcinga zakhe…
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Yiba nomfanekiso ngqondweni ngehlabathi elingenalo ulwimi. Ingakwazi ukwenzeka lo nto xa ucinga? Awucingi ukuba ingenzeka lo nto?Awukhe uyicinge eyokuba ulwimi luthungelana neengcinga kwaye ayisebenzi eyokucinga ukuba ngaba awucingi ngolwimi lwakho? Uza kufikelela njani kwiingcinga zakho ukuba ngaba azizinzanga kuhlobo oluthile lolwimi?
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Ngomhla wama 23, uMphathiswa wezobuGcisa neNkcubeko uMnu Nathi Mthethwa wabhengeza ukuthiywa ngokutsha kwezixeko ezifana neBhayi (iGqeberha); iMaclear (iNqanqarhu) neKing Williams Town (iQonce). Uninzi lwabantu abangazamiyo nokubizela oonoqhakancu, phakathi kwabo kukho…
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It is with the utmost shock and sadness that we heard the news on Sunday 6 December that Pumlani Sibula had passed away. He had been recovering from Covid-19 at…
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Ukuba iliso lakho besele lidibene nencwadana ye-Woordfees yalo nyaka – nje ngabalandeli be-Woordfees abaninzi – ungabe ubukhe wadibana nentengiso yeZiko leeLwimi kunye neengcebiso zokubuza indlela ngesiXhosa. Elo phepha liphela ngentetho…
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Kwabaninzi ixesha lemibhiyozo yangeeholide zehlobo lihambisana kunye neentlangano zosapho. Kwangaxeshanye, kungumthetho ongabhalwanga ukuba uzakuphikisana nesalamane esingasondelanga kuwe okanye – okubi nangakumbi –nisuke nje niphelelwe zizinto eninokuzithetha. Kutsho kuthi cwaka kuphel’…
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