What has media freedom entailed over the couple of centuries and successive governments of the geopolitical region that became South Africa since it was colonised by Westerners? And why can media freedom be described as both pillar and cornerstone of a democracy? ItOs simple, as in the words of Nelson Mandela, first state president of a democratic South Africa: Press freedom is the Olifeblood of democracyO.

This book tells the tale of the various states of press freedom, or unfreedom, from colonial times to today from a British governor called a dictator and a despot, through apartheidOs OpigmentocracyO, or OsjambokracyO, where the rule of law Ohas been replaced by the rule of the whipO, up to the dawn of liberation, with media freedom entrenched in Article 16 of South AfricaOs Bill of Rights.

And why should all of this concern you? Because media freedom is not about the freedom of the media. It is about your freedom. As was formulated by an editor under apartheid: OIf we donOt have a public sympathetic to a free press, not only will we not have a free press, we wonOt have a democracy either.O Or, in the words of former Sowetan editor and SANEF chair, Mpumelelo Mhkabela: OMedia freedom has nothing to do with the media, but with the freedom of citizens.O

And that is why you should know that a free media is the only guarantee for your freedom. As we have seen, both under apartheid and also under a democratic dispensation, it is a matter of a luta continua. The struggle continues. But you, the public, are the guardian of those that guard democracy. Help ensure the rights of a free media, and thereby your democratic rights and a democratic South Africa.

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Vir die eerste keer in Afrikaans (die jongste Westerse taal wat in die afgelope eeu reeds sy eie unieke letterkunde geskep het) word die verhaal van Grieks vertel, die oudste Westerse taal waarin feitlik al die bekende literere genres hul weergalose vorm en gestalte gekry het. Hoewel hierdie publikasie basies linguisties van aard is, poog die skrywer om die dramatis personae self ook aan die woord te stel in plaas van om net in taalkundige jargon te verval. Om ‘n werk soos hierdie saam te stel, vereis kundigheid in verskeie vaksubgebiede wat begin by oer-Grieks in sy sillabiese lynskriffases A en B. Die Grieks van die Goue Era van Perikles se Athene (circa 500 v.C.) is die bekendste. Min mense besef egter dat Homeros bedrieglik pre-klassiek is. Die klassieke Griek kon sy twee groot eposse (die Ilias en die Odusseia) nie sonder meer vlot lees nie. Dit was hulle Chaucer en Shakespeare. Die Griekse NT is sekerlik die belangrikste dokument wat ooit in Grieks opgestel is, hoewel dit stilisties nie naastenby die beste is nie. Vir sy bespreking van veral die semantiek van Moderne Grieks gebruik die skrywer hier vir die eerste keer dr. Philip Nicolaides se uitvoerige Grieks-Afrikaanse Woordeboek van 843 foliogrootte bladsye. Dis teen die middel van die vorige eeu opgestel, maar is nooit gepubliseer nie. Gerrit Kruger besit vandag die enigste (oorspronklike) kopie daarvan.

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This dictionary of interpreting terminology is aimed at people who are being trained as interpreters, interpreter trainers, people who work as interpreters, or scholars who engage in research in the field of interpreting and who are looking for interpreting terms, either in English, Dutch, Afrikaans, Northern Sotho or Zulu. The localisation and translation of the dictionary were guided by the interpreting context in South Africa, which so often differs markedly from contexts in other countries.

Living through Languages: An African Tribute to Ren Dirven is a collection of scholarly research meant to honour the various facets of his academic legacy, which includes language policy and politics, language acquisition (specifically in multilingual societies), the role of English and English language teaching, and a life-long interest in cognitive linguistics.