UWC's Dr Zakeera Docrat makes history

IN A LANDMARK moment for South African academia and the continent, UWC’s Dr Zakeera Docrat has been elected to the Executive Board of the International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics (IAFLL).

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She is the first South African in the history of the association to occupy such a position. Her four-year term will begin in August.

The announcement was made this month during the IAFLLs 17th Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting. Forensic and legal linguistics - the study of language and its role in legal systems - remains a relatively new field in Africa.

But since 2017, South Africa has emerged as a key contributor to its growth, thanks largely to the groundbreaking work of Docrat.