‘Integrate indigenous languages in judicial system’

Mother-tongue trials and writing of judgments key to justice, expert says

SA needs to launch a new drive to ensure that indigenous languages are embraced by its courts.

That was the call from University of the Western Cape forensic linguist Dr Zakeera Docrat, who was speaking on Monday in an International Mother Tongue Day event hosted by Nelson Mandela University...

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