Molokomme advocates for indigenous languages

She said that it was vital for children to know their indigenous languages because it gave them the foundation to learn their culture. Molokomme was the guest speaker at the annual Domboshaba cultural festival over the weekend. This year’s festival was held under the theme, ‘Inclusion in and through education, language counts’. She expressed worry that culture seemed to be fading away among the recent generations.  She gave reference to the Ikalanga culture, which she believes is greatly waning. She said part of the reasons various local cultures were waning among recent generations was because they did not embrace their own languages and instead went for other languages such as English, which are considered modern. “One’s language is a stepping-stone towards understanding of one’s culture,” she said.

“Therefore it’s the parents responsibility to make sure that children learn their own language at a tender age to simplify understanding of their culture.”