Ever since the internet was invented, English has been considered as the language in which to converse and engage with audiences.This popularly held view is undoubtedly due to a number of factors, not least of which would be search engine bias and the fact that in its formative years, English did indeed dominate the internet with some reports suggesting that in 1998, as much as 75% of all its content at the time was in English.But, as much as we like to pretend that 1998 was just a few years ago, the reality in the digital age is that it is akin to being almost centuries ago ... pre-Facebook, pre-Twitter and pre-iPhone. Jeez, it was almost before the era of the cellphone.English as the language of the digital age is a myth.While it might still be perceived as the most commonly used language in the digi-sphere, it is actually well below 50% of its communication.So why then, in SA where we have so many languages, do we still insist on producing the bulk of our content in English, espe...
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