Tsoro-o-tso San Development Trust

TSDT is a registered Trust that advocates for and facilitates the resuscitation and development of the Tjwao language and culture, of the Tjwa/San people

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San community goes hungry as govt dithers   @DailyNewsZim https://t.co/5zJhGKFjCW

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Attending a: SOUTHERN REGION STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON THE ALIGNMENT OF LEGISLATION TO THE CONSTITUTION:
Child Justice Bill

Holiday Inn, Bulwayo: 13 – 14 June 2019

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The making of the Tjwao Dictionary
narration.#Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido @NdlovuDavid @seanndlovu

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7/7.Molo Tshuma who's over a 100yrs motivated the young people to learn the #Tjwao language & #Tjwa cultural heritage The audience was kept spell bound by Molo’s narration.#Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido @NdlovuDavid @seanndlovu

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7/7.Molo Tshuma who's over a 100yrs motivated the young people to learn the #Tjwao language & #Tjwa cultural heritage The audience was kept spell bound by Molo’s narration.#Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido @NdlovuDavid @seanndlovu

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6/7.The young lady narrated her story & told the gathering how she grew up without the language of her ancestors. She is fluent in #Ndebele & #BuKalanga, but cannot speak a single word of #Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido @NdlovuDavid

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5/7.Custodians of the language & culture of the #Tjwa are elders btwn ages of 65 to 97 yrs. The cultural identity of the #Tjwa is threatened since many of them now speak languages of their neighbours tribes #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido

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4/7.When a community loses its language as with the #Tjwa, it also loses its cultural identity #Tjwa, where forced to assimilate #Tjwao the language of the #San in ZW has only a dozen fluent speakers remaining! #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido

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3/7.The young & old Tsholotsho community came out which comprised of the #Tjwa #Ndebele, and the #BuKalanga this years theme is Knowledge,Peace,Human Rights Inclusion & Diversity #Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido @zenzele @seanndlovu

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2/7.#Tsholotsho is home to 3 ethnic groups namely #Ndebele #Kalanga & the #San also known as #Tjwa/#Tshwa The principal language is now #Ndebele spoken by 90% of the population & is understood by everyone #Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @SiphoMalunga @delme_cupido

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1/7.On 12 Apr we commemorated International Year of the Indigenous Languages #Tjwao is spoken by Tjwa/San people due to social pressures the language stopped being spoken & currently there are no young speakers of #Tjwao #indigenouslanguages @citezw @IYIL2019 @delme_cupido

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We are honoured and pleased for @delme_cupido to be our very first follower on twitter may the Tjwao language leave forever in the realm of the internet, thank you @delme_cupidofor fighting for the rights of all indigenous communities in the world 🙏