tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262055667994370618.post8476155170546112509..comments2024-03-28T19:59:20.737+02:00Comments on ixhanti lam: Whose language is it anyway?utterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08867361588236686988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262055667994370618.post-5199591031390154862013-05-16T20:59:00.241+02:002013-05-16T20:59:00.241+02:00Thanks for the comment Likeleli.
It's a challe...Thanks for the comment Likeleli.<br />It's a challenging one and a policy is largely dependent on the community it serves, in your case,the company and the people it seeks to serve.English is a given and we must make peace with that debate, but we need to start shifting the language and indeed make it compulsory that people speak the language of the region. So if in KZN one must be able to converse in isiZulu, if in the WC/EC, isiXhosa and Afrikaans etc.It's in the interest of everyone's personal growth and perhaps even the company's image. It would be interesting to know which company you're with.utterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08867361588236686988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2262055667994370618.post-45782662859692363852013-05-14T16:13:31.042+02:002013-05-14T16:13:31.042+02:00a very interesting read indeed, just last night my...a very interesting read indeed, just last night my Afrikaans colleague and I were debating our firm's language policy. What would your suggestion be in terms of a what an organisation in South Africa's language policy should be. Do we continue to make English the must-use language, do we make it compulsory for every employee to each learn a different South African language other than their home language?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023375704662045694noreply@blogger.com