“Sawubona.” And a good day to you, too. The word you probably didn’t understand is the Zulu greeting that means “good day.” Some students at Elgin Community College are greeting each other that way ...

A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year. The decision by the University of KwaZulu-Natal is aimed at promoting ...

IN 1991 AMERICAN audiences had an introduction to Xhosa, one of South Africa’s most click-filled languages, when Miriam Makeba (pictured) appeared on “The Cosby Show”. When the celebrated South ...

Ravinia took a risk opening its centennial season in 2004 with the American premier of “Princess Magogo,” billed as the first opera in the Zulu language. Its rousing success prompted management to ...

Some 80% of people in KwaZulu-Natal speak Zulu A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students from next year. The decision by the ...

Johannesburg - Five newspapers line a vendor's makeshift table built from cardboard and sticks but most customers go straight for Isolezwe, one of South Africa's growing Zulu-language dailies. "I ...

Johannesburg - South Africa's first national Zulu-language newspaper hit the streets on Sunday, catering to a growing demand among the country's largest ethnic group. The Sunday Times launched its ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Ndlovu Youth Choir, which began in South Africa's rural Limpopo province and rose to ...

When a middle-aged South African engineer recently set out to write a novel in his native Zulu, he found himself hamstrung by a lack of words to describe modern life. When a middle-aged South African ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s most widely circulated weekly will become the first national paper to be printed in Zulu, the language of the country’s biggest ethnic group, the ...

Stephanie Rudwick receives funding from the DFG (German Research Foundation). This research was funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation), but the views contained in this article are solely the ...