Language and accent are not indicators of nationality: PanSALB
The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has raised concern over reports of people facing discrimination and intimidation based on the language they speak, amid ongoing tensions around undocumented migration.
Seshoka notes that many languages in South Africa were shared across borders and that regional varieties of the same language could sound markedly different from one another.
CEO Dr Keaobaka Seshoka says language was not evidence of nationality in Africa and that using accents to test immigration status was deeply problematic.
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