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Title Swaziland Newspapers in Indigenous Languages
Full text http://ajol.info/index.php/lwati/article/view/46548
Date 2009
Author(s) S Mkhonza
Abstract The paper discusses the history of newspapers that are in indigenous languages in Swaziland and looks at the role that they play in informing society. It argues that the newspaper is the main means for making people get involved in governance because it makes people know what is happening around them. It states that there is reason to studyclosely why newspapers that are in SiSwati, the indigenous language have a problem in Swaziland. It discusses newspapers from as way back as 1934 to the present. The problems that the research reports include lack or a readership, lack of interest among reporters to do journalism in SiSwati, poor translation and lack of government support. The newspapers that are included in the study include Izwi LamaSwazi, Tikhatsi, Intsatseli, Umbiki, and Umgijimi. Based on the stipulations of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, it is obvious that more concerted effort is needed in producing newspapers in SiSwati. This problem should not just be the problem of media houses alone.
Language en
Publisher Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research
Type of publication Peer-reviewed Article
Format application/pdf
Source Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research; Vol 6, No 1 (2009)
Rights Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal.
Repository Africa - African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
Added to C-A: 2010-02-23;08:54:11