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AN increase in the number of language students at Rhodes University is largely to thank for the R170 million grant that the institution recently received.
Middle class not proud of their heritage. As South Africans celebrate Heritage Day on Monday, academics and African languages' specialists warned of the death of isiXhosa — the cornerstone and one-time proud heritage of the Xhosa speaking people.
Academics, politicians and experts in the Eastern Cape are calling for the use of indigenous languages in education and all government documents.