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Welcome to the Language Centre’s Newsroom!

Here you can read all about what we’ve been up to – in English, Afrikaans or isiXhosa. You could also explore our news categories below. Dive in and join us on a journey of connection.

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Our quarterly newsletter, Dialogos, draws its articles from the Newsroom. Read the latest edition of Dialogos here and sign up for our newsletter here.

Book chat with Fatima H

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Fatima Halday. Fatima is the Head of Communication at the Language Centre and manages the English…

Days of the week in isiXhosa

Why do we say ‘Monday’ for Monday? Where do the names for the days of the week come from in isiXhosa, English and Afrikaans? uMvulo (The day opening the week)…

Gender bias: The ghost in the AI machine

AI (artificial intelligence) has become a ubiquitous feature of modern life. From virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, to original text and image generators, like ChatGTP or…

Book chat with Jesse B

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Jesse Beukes, an intern in the Language Centre’s English portfolio. Jesse completed her undergrad studies at…

Book chat with Christo dK

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Christo de Kock. He is currently doing his internship at the Language Centre and has recently…

Meryl’s TEFL adventure

Meryl Davidson completed her TEFL course with the English portfolio at the SU Language Centre and then went on to teach English in South Korea for two years. Meryl’s TEFL…

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