Official Language and Symbol – 1995

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Official Language and Symbol – 1995

1995

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Following sharp difference between the ANC and NC, the Constitutional Assembly, on February 20, 1995, set up a special multiparty committee to work on the language issue.1

The first government document in all official 11 languages – draft legislation on the Pan-South African Language Board, the country’s new language watchdog – was released on 29th June, 1995.

  1. “SOUTH AFRICA; Constitutional Assembly forms committee to review language usage,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, February 20, 1995.