Dataset for comparable evaluation of machine translation between 11 South African languages
Data in Brief, 2020 This data article describes the Autshumato machine translation evaluation set. The evaluation set contains data that can be used to evaluate machine translation systems between any of the 11 official South African languages.
Cindy A. McKellar, Martin J. Puttkammer
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LEGISLATION AS A CRITICAL TOOL IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: LESSONS FROM MAYELANE V NGWENYAMA [PDF]
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2015 Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justice, including the enactment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998.
Rita N Ozoemena
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 This article explores the influence of the musician Obed Ngobeni (1954–2002) and his backing singers the Kurhula Sisters. It catalogues his significance as a pioneer of Xitsonga disco that helped shape South Africa’s ‘township bubblegum’ sound of the ...
Vonani F. Bila
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Review of script displays of African languages by current software
, 2005 All recorded African languages that have a writing system have orthographies which use the Roman or Arabic scripts, with a few exceptions. Whilst Unicode successfully handles the encoding of both these scripts, current software, in particular web ...
Gee, Quintin
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Preparing isiXhosa home language teachers for the 21st century classroom: Student teachers' experiences, challenges and reflections [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of the article is to identify the gaps between theory and practice in pre-service teacher training with special reference to the teaching of isiXhosa as a home language in the Further Education and Training (FET) phase (Grades 10–12) in some ...
Alidou H. +32 more
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Un manifiesto para el (de)crecimiento. Repositorio disruptivo de (de)crecimiento de los ecosistemas del sur [PDF]
ARQ, 2022 Formados gracias a la convocatoria abierta para la Trienal de Arquitectura de Oslo 2019, Hunguta toma la palabra xitsonga para ‘disminución’ como nombre.
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Ethnolinguistic vitality in Thulamela Local Municipality: A case of Xitsonga
LiteratorThe use and status of a language in a given speech community can reveal the prospects of its elevation or lack thereof. Furthermore, one can determine whether a language will be elevated or undermined in a community by exploring the perceptions of its ...
Rhulani S. Mashwele +2 more
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Anticausatives with passives of subordinate intransitive clauses in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2019 Literature shows that anticausatives have been well investigated in European languages such as English, German, and Greek. However, this is not the case with African languages, particularly Bantu languages such as Xitsonga.
Hlungwani, Madala Crous
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Introducing visual participatory methods to develop local knowledge on HIV in rural South Africa [PDF]
, 2017 The authors would also like to acknowledge the field staff at the MRC/Wits Agincourt unit, particularly Ms Rirhandzu Debs and Dr Kerstin Edin from the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, who facilitated data collection and made ...
Brooks, Chloe +7 more
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Industrial Relations Journal, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 102-110, January 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores how male and female Uber drivers in Johannesburg navigate safety and violence within a high‐crime urban context, highlighting the gendered dimensions of digital platform work. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 30 Uber drivers (15 male and 15 female), the study reveals that while all drivers face threats such as ...
Percyval Bayane
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