This year has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has changed more than just our lives, our  but language has been affected too. ‘Lockdown’ has officially been named the South African Word of the Year by the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and media research company Focal Points. The word of the year is a word, term … Continue reading ‘Lockdown’ beats ‘Jerusalema’ for South Africa’s word of the year