An inclusive and dynamic language policy plays an important role in South Africa’s mission to embrace linguistic and cultural diversity. Within the education system, the nation has developed goals for multilingualism. However, this can be especially challenging to implement in a country like South Africa, where –since 1994 – there are 11 official languages.
This past Thursday we celebrated ‘Heritage Day’ in South Africa by hiking Cape Town’s famous Table Mountain. Heritage Day is a public holiday meant to bring people together, across all spectrums, to celebrate our differences, and at the same time faithfully recognise that we’re all in this together. The idea behind all of this is to remember where you come from, what makes you unique to your walk of life, and celebrate what got you to where you are now – South Africa.