Dr Max Marhanele, author of the Xitsonga dictionary. LIMPOPO – Driven by a deep love for his language and heritage, Dr Max Marhanele of Nkowankowa has made significant strides in preserving Xitsonga ...

To make it worse, it is in a state of collapse and we haven’t been able to find new writers in the language. Then, more threatening perhaps, Vatsonga are often humiliated and, at its worst, this ...

In 1998, actor and playwright Obed Baloyi premiered his debut play Ga-Mchangani at the Market Theatre Laboratory. Using a tragically humorous Jim-comes-to-Jozi plot, the play highlights the ...

For the first time ever, South Africa has got its own Xitsonga telenovela. That means that the more than 3.5 million Vatsonga people in South Africa will finally have authentic representation. "Giyani ...