OPPOSITION MDC-T activist, Ekem Moyo has started lobbying for the teaching of SeSotho in Gwanda where the language is largely spoken.
BY LUYANDUHLOBO MAKWATI
Moyo, who lost the 2013 elections after he contested for the Gwanda North parliamentary seat on an MDC-T ticket, told Southern Eye that his advocacy was targeting traditional leaders and the business community in the area.
“I would like to urge our chiefs, both Nhlamba and Mathe, to stand for us and push for the introduction of the language in schools, because our children need to learn the language in a formal way and not only use it at home, as that can increase the chances of the language getting extinct,” he said.
SeSotho is widely spoken in Gwanda South and it is one of the few remaining minority languages that have not been included in the school curriculum after government embraced Tonga and Venda languages.
Venda is also taught at tertiary level at Great Zimbabwe University.
SeSotho is one of the tongues that were elevated to the status of national language in 2013 after the new Constitution was passed, but is yet to find its way into the school curriculum.
