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Publication details [#11155]
Musehane, N.M. 1998. Language and the law in Thohoyandou courts of law. In Kruger, Alet, Kim Wallmach and Marion Boers, eds. Language facilitation and development in Southern Africa. Pretoria: South African Translators' Institute (SATI) - Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (FIT). pp. 49–53.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to establish the present status of Tshivenda (language) around Thohoyandou magistrate’s courts in practice and not in theory only. Thsivenda is the main language spoken in the area around Thohoyandou. Is Tshivenda being used by the legal practitioners, the interpreters and the accused in the courts of law? The author also aims to determine whether the use of foreign languages by the legal practitioners has any effect on the proceedings of the courts.
Source : K. Foelen