Language, nation building award for Radio Pulpit

PANSALB was established through an act of Parliament mainly to promote multilingualism in South Africa and to develop the country's 11 official languages. The act mandates PANSALB to initiate studies and research aimed at promoting and creating conditions for the development of all 11 official languages, as well as the Khoi and San languages and South African sign language.

As part of the organisation's work, it awarded institutions and individuals that promoted multilingualism and nation building during the past decade at its gala dinner on Saturday, 2 February 2008, at Emperor's Palace in Johannesburg.

Runner up

The award for the category radio and television was scooped up by Radio Pulpit, a Christian radio station that broadcasts in all eleven official languages and produce high quality TV programmes. The runner up for this year's radio award was Lesedi FM, a national radio station with almost 1 million listeners.

Radio Pulpit is currently broadcasting on mediumwave AM 657 and through its website: www.radiopulpit.co.za, and is awaiting the outcome to its licence application that was presented to ICASA in September 2007.

Surisa Nel, media spokesperson for Radio Pulpit, said that is exceptional to be rewarded for two of the issues that are close to Radio Pulpit's heart and indeed part of their vision – to provide the Gospel of Jesus Christ to each and every man, woman and child in SA in the language of their choice and to make a real and lasting difference to the country's moral fibre. She said that it is proof that the station's vision is not only one on paper but a real and existing effort.