The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). SADiLaR has an enabling function, with a focus on all official languages of South Africa, supporting research and development in the domains of language technologies and language-related studies in the humanities and social sciences.
Latest news & events
SADiLaR Applauds Members Elected to the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
14 October 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) warmly congratulates its members and associates on their election and appointment to leadership and specialist roles in the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts) and its Commission for
Summit to Define, Build and Shape the Future of Digital Humanities in South Africa
17 September 2026 South Africa’s digital humanities community is set to come together for the Digital Humanities Cluster Summit, taking place from 7–9 October 2026 at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria, with online participation also available. The three-day national gathering will bring together researchers, educators, students, institutional
Advancing AI for African Languages at the LLMs Symposium and Workshop
9 September 2026 The conversation around the future of Artificial Intelligence and African languages took centre stage at the Large Language Models (LLMs) symposium held on 31 August 2026 and workshop from 1-4 September 2026, hosted by the Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT4D at the University of Fort Hare.