The use of Sesotho as an official medium of communication in selected departments within the Free State Provincial Government as proposed in the draft Free State Provincial Government Language Policy

Abstract

The central role of language in governance need not be argued; it is self-evident. Effective communication between the political leadership and the state administration, between individual government bodies and institutions, within these bodies and institutions, and between the government and its citizens, which is a prerequisite for good government, occurs mainly through language.