Communications
A letter from the Pedantic Player to email scammers
Caryn Gootkin steps off her moral high horse for a moment, which was all it took for her alter ego,...
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The issues around ownership of copyright in SA
South Africa is a member of the Berne Convention which means that copyright will subsist in a “work” as defined...
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My granny was Black
Caryn Gootkin considers how the use of capital letters can affect the meaning we convey and the sometimes embarrassing, often...
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What has changed for IsiZulu and for English in the last 40 years? A lot.
The publishing manager for dictionaries at Oxford University Press Southern Africa reflects on the first substantial bilingual IsiZulu dictionary published...
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New tricks for old dogs – converting legalese into plain language (Part 2)
Following her story on how she went from legalese to plain language, Caryn Gootkin explores further the need for plain...
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Red Alert: What journalists think
In the course of last year the SACP along with its Alliance partners attempted to open up a debate about...
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