Storyteller Dirk van Schalkwyk at the WAT
Dr Dirk van Schalkwyk, former Editor in Chief of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), is the guest at the second Woordpret of 2009 at the WAT on Friday 18 September 2009. Currently he...
View ArticleSU donates R1 million to WAT
Stellenbosch University (SU) has made R1 million available to the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language) (WAT). Prof Magda Fourie, Vice-Rector: Teaching, handed over...
View ArticleWAT old, but not old-fashioned, says board chairperson
The Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal, WAT) with Stellenbosch University as a main sponsor, may be old, but it is not old-fashioned. This was the message of Prof...
View ArticleWoordpret at the WAT
Well-known TV-personality Dave Pepler will be the guest on 3 June at the second Woordpret this year of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT). Dave is well known as presenter of the programmes...
View ArticleWoordpret: Theo Kemp talks on Skool at the WAT
Theo Kemp, author of the novel Skool, will be the guest at the Woordpret (Fun with Words) held at the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal on 23 September. Kemp is Director of the Breytenbach sentrum in...
View ArticleSU celebrates International Dictionary Day
The Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) launched its new “Sponsor a Word” campaign on Friday as part of the celebrations of International Dictionary Day at Stellenbosch University (SU). At the...
View ArticleElsabé Daneel at the WAT’s Woordpret (Fun with Words)
Elsabé Daneel will be the guest at the next Woordpret event of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal on 31 August. Elsabé is well known as actress and TV presenter. She also regularly acts as guest...
View ArticleElsabé Daneel entertains guests at WAT’s Woordpret event
On Friday 31 August, Elsabé Daneel entertained guests at a “Woordpret” event hosted by the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) in Stellenbosch. Elsabé is well known as actress and TV presenter....
View ArticleFun with words: 11 October
Marita van der Vyver at the WAT’s Woordpret (Fun with Words) Marita van der Vyver will be the guest at the next Woordpret of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal on Thursday 11 October. Marita is a...
View ArticleMarita van der Vyver chats about her new book ‘Die Blou van Onthou’
‘Kardoes’ is well-known Afrikaans writer Marita van der Vyver’s favourite Afrikaans word, but for the next round of the Borg ’n Woord (Sponsor a Word) project, organised by the Woordeboek van die...
View ArticleStaff and students have access to leading electronic dictionaries
16 October is International Dictionary Day and staff and students are reminded that they have free access to the best dictionaries in the world every day. To find the meaning of a word, a synonym or a...
View ArticleNissan and WAT create ‘moving dictionaries’
The Borg ‘n Woord project of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal recently received support from a surprising source. Mr Mannie Wiggett, dealer principle of Group 1 Nissan in Stellenbosch, decided...
View ArticleWicomb breathes new life into well-known Afrikaans poems
Randall Wicomb enchanted guests with his compositions of 13 love poems by Afrikaans poets at the WAT’s (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal) first Fun with Words event of the year on Friday 22 February....
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