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wiccanmags.bsky.social

@wiccanmags.bsky.social

This link is for some further info - how a black civic movement and a white far right afrikaner movement are coming together to try and effect change. Not the bedfellows we would have ever imagined.

www.artikels.afriforum.co.za/en/afriforum...

AfriForum and March and March forms collaborative working group for the benefit of communities - AfriForum

This media statement is also available in: isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga Soundbite: Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma (English) Soundbite: Kallie Kriel (Eng...

www.artikels.afriforum.co.za

August 29, 2026 at 2:12 PM

Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo

@uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy

Final excerpt (for foreign readers, Limpopo is a province of South Africa, in the North-East):

The violence escalated further. Morris Musa Mukhari, 40, originally from Tzaneen in Limpopo, was heard speaking Xitsonga, a language common in both Limpopo and Mozambique. Mukhari said a group of […]

Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za

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July 10, 2026 at 7:24 AM

Louis

@louisevans.bsky.social

to clarify, these are all contexts where the ethnic “test” applied is based on idiolect (here evaluated through the choice and/or pronunciation of a particular word), see:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibbol...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley...

www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-a...

What is the word for elbow in xiTsonga? — outrage at police's alleged nationality checks

"Imagine someone asking me what an elbow is in isiZulu. I am Sotho and don’t even know what it is in Sesotho. Next thing I will be told to leave SA," wrote one social media user.

www.timeslive.co.za

July 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM

Jan Bux

@nadelspieler.bsky.social

siSwati - Mnaketfu, khahlela libhola liye khashane.
Tshivenda - Murathu wanga, raha bola kule.
XiTsonga - Makweru, rahla bolo yi ye ekule.
South African Sign Language Gloss-Annäherung: BROTHER / BALL / KICK

June 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM

Longtail News

@longtail-news.bsky.social

Feed: "The Mail & Guardian"
By: Eyaaz on Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Penny Penny joins Mayibuye as party gears up for local polls

The Xitsonga musician resigned as an uMkhonto weSizwe Party MP on Friday, citing internal conflict before joining Afrika Mayibuye Movement

mg.co.za

May 20, 2026 at 8:17 PM

Homepage [Unofficial]

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Penny Penny joins Mayibuye as party gears up for local polls

The Xitsonga musician resigned as an uMkhonto weSizwe Party MP on Friday, citing internal conflict before joining Afrika Mayibuye Movement

mg.co.za

May 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM

Cliff the Reporter🇿🇦

@cliffshiko.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy

Parents at Bovet Primary School in Alexandra staged a protest at the school complaining about overcrowding at the school, saying learners are being forced to study in classrooms with as many as 90 pupils.

This is the only school that cater for Xitsonga and Tshivenda languages.

April 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM

Afronalia

@afronalia.com

Check it out here:
#Yoruba #Twi #Hausa #Somali #Kabyle #TshiVenda #Xitsonga

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March 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM

The Living Arabic Project

@livingarabic.bsky.social

I think the JSON will get noticeably slower as you add more entries. I have another small website for Xitsonga where I just load the data directly into Python. It doesn't even have 100K entries but it is relatively slow.

February 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM

brookefolgers.bsky.social

@brookefolgers.bsky.social

Before teaching in the US, I taught neonatal resuscitation in resource-limited settings and learned Xitsonga in a garage. The best moments of education can happen on a dusty floor with just some blank paper. #education #innovativeeducatorspodcast #learning #teachers #teachertips

February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM

RenateKappes

@renatekappes.bsky.social

And our own voice. 🎶 South Africa - a land of many languages: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, South Ndebele, Northern Sotho, South African Sign Language. #StellenboschUniversityChoir master all languages of the world.

youtu.be/V8cHLlHm1VM?...

Balleilakka – Stellenbosch University Choir

YouTube video by Stellenbosch University Choir

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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM

RenateKappes

@renatekappes.bsky.social

Und unsere eigene Stimme. 🎶 Südafrika - Land vieler Sprachen: Afrikaans, Englisch, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Süd-Ndebele, Nord-Sotho, südafrikanische Gebärdensprache. #StellenboschUniversityChoir singt in allen Sprachen der Welt. 🌍🌏🌎
youtu.be/ip7S5Xv1SQ4?...

Auf Uns – Stellenbosch University Choir

YouTube video by Stellenbosch University Choir

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January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM

Carmen Harris🇿🇦

@carmenharris.bsky.social

You can choose one of our 11 official languages:English; isiZulu; Afrikaans; isiXhosa; isiNdebele; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda or Xitsonga- No French…🇿🇦😁

October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Johan Meyer

@johanmeyer.bsky.social

Circaetus sp.: snake eagle
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās