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UCT Language Indaba Delegates

UCT Language Indaba 2025

The indaba is now an annual platform to track UCT’s progress. In 2024, it introduced the policy. In 2025, it showcased best practice. In 2026, it will focus on lessons learned from the first years of implementation.
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UCT Language Indaba 2024

The Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) hosted the first ever UCT Language Indaba on behalf of the university on the 12th of September 2024.
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IsiXhosa Literary and Performance Competition

The Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) is running an IsiXhosa Literary and Performance Competition as part of the university's language development plan. This 2024 edition of this competition is accepting poetry and monologue entries.
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UCT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE

In 2023, the University of Cape Town (UCT), like all other 26 public universities in South Africa, successfully applied for the funds to align its language policy with the NLPFPHEIs. MEP submitted the UCT language development plan for UCT.

Mechanical Engineering IsiXhosa Glossary Launch

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has introduced the Mechanical Engineering isiXhosa Glossary, which was launched by the Centre for Higher Education Development’s (CHED) Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) on 2 November.
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USAf supported Language Resources Audit at UCT

The University of Cape Town (UCT) was lauded for its commitment to multilingualism, including teaching/learning of African languages, at a recent Universities South Africa (USAf)-supported Language Resources Audit.