Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012)

Notices

DSAC Language Policy

4. Principles
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4.1        The principles underpinning this Policy are:

 

4.1.1 commitment to the promotion of all official languages of the Republic in order to ensure constitutional language equity and language rights as required by a democratic dispensation;

 

4.1.2 recognition of multilingualism as a resource to maximize collaborative partnerships in nation building, economic development and social cohesion;

 

4.1.3 promotion of access to information to ensure efficient public service administration that meets the needs of the public and ensures equitable access to the services and information of DSAC;

 

4.1.4 prevention of the use of any language(s) for the purposes of exploitation, domination and discrimination within DSAC;

 

4.1.5 recognition of a community-based approach, i.e. a decentralised and participatory approach to language planning and policy implementation in which each government structure is given the power to identify its own working languages, as the most viable manner in which to promote multilingualism given South Africa's highly pluralistic society; and

 

4.1.6 supporting special redress programmes for previously marginalised official indigenous languages.