{"id":103137,"date":"2026-09-11T12:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=103137"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:38:13","slug":"our-languages-our-knowledge-our-shared-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/our-languages-our-knowledge-our-shared-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Languages, Our Knowledge, Our Shared Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"103137\" class=\"elementor elementor-103137\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620ded3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"620ded3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60527a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60527a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Faculty of Education will host the Second African Languages Symposium on 25 September 2026 under the theme, \u201cAfrican Languages and Cultural Heritage: Voices, Knowledge, and Shared Futures.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The symposium will bring together academics, researchers, educators, language practitioners, students, policymakers and other stakeholders to explore the role of African languages in education, knowledge production, cultural preservation and social development.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Central to the symposium is the recognition that African languages are not only subjects of academic study. 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