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Heugh, Kathleen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2003
This paper provides a background to recent developments in language planning in South Africa. Following a historical review, it focuses on a Bill of Rights in the new constitution which has, since 1993, demanded a shift towards rights-based language policy within a liberal framework. Debates within the Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB)…
Descriptors: African Languages, History, Language Planning, Democracy