Department of African Languages

Dr SM Tembane (Sesotho sa Leboa)

College of Human Sciences
School of Arts
Department: African Languages
Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 6648
E-mail: etembasm@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD University of South Africa 2019
  • Advanced Certificate in Education North West University 2014
  • MA Sepedi University of Pretoria 1998
  • BA Hons University of Pretoria    1994
  • BA (Unisa, 1993)
  • Primary Teachers Diploma (Ndebele College of Education,1988) 
  • Assessor
  • Moderator

Currently teaching

  • AFL1502
  • AFL2603
  • AFL4803
  • NSO1506
  • NSO2605

Fields of academic interests

  • Terminology development
  •  Indigenous knowledge systems
  • Linguistics
  • Literature

Field of Specialisation

  • Lexicography
  • Terminology
  • Literature 
  • Linguistics
  • Terminology development
  • Translation

Books

  • Book name:Puku ya Mokgwa wa go ruta
  • Book chapter: Indigenous medical terms with different semantic properties: The case of Sesotho sa Leboa and Western terminologies
  • Book name: IE: An African indigenous knowledge systems perspective
  • Book chapter: Semantic relations in medical terminology of Sesotho sa Leboa terms
  • Book name: African language analyses, processing and planning
  • Publisher: AFRICAN SUN 

Journal articles

  • Article topic: Methods of processing medicinal plants: a semantic study of the use of verbs in Sesotho sa Leboa.
  • Journal name: Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies
  • Date of publication:  Volume 32 Issue 2 2022.
  • Terms used to name indigenous medicinal plants, their uses, preparations and administration: A case of Sesotho sa Leboa
  • Article topic: The significance of surnames in African culture: A case of linguistic aspects of Northern Sotho surnames
  • Article topic: Word formation strategies used in the plants’ names of Northern Sotho
  • Article topic: Bohlokwa bja go ruta dinonwane Mephatong ya motheo
  • Article topic: The significance of surnames in African culture: A case of linguistic aspects of Northern Sotho surnames
  • Article topic: Word formation strategies used in the plants’ names of Northern Sotho
  • Article topic:  Bohlokwa bja go ruta dinonwane Mephatong 

Paper presentations

  • Methods of processing medicinal plants with reference to Sesotho sa Leboa verbs
  • Terms used to name indigenous medicinal plants, their uses, preparations and administration: A case of Sesotho sa Leboa

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Teacher
  • School Principal
  • Tutor
  • Research Assistant 

Projects

  • Research Project: Language Changes as Reflected on Lexicography with special reference to Northern Sotho, University of Pretoria: Unpublished  MA dissertation.
  • Community  Engagement  Project, E. 1998. The practice of social research. (8th ed). Belmont: Wadsworth, E. 1998. The practice of social research. (8th ed). Belmont: Wadsworth 
  • Mathews Goniwe Project
  • Community Engagement
  • Matthew Goniwe Teaching Project
  • 4IR Riddles

Other

  • Member of PanSALB NLB (Deputy Chairperson, Sesotho sa Leboa Standardisation Committee Convenor)
  • SAFOS Member
  • ALASA Member
  • SADiLaR member
  • Naming Society member
  • Translator
  • Study Guides/ Tutorial Letters/ Modules developer