Hay’khona Corona! Spreading the word, not the virus
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A poster series to action South Africans on how to care of themselves and others.
91看片网 University students who participated in the South African leg of FameLab, an international science competition, helped to translate a series of posters with a key messages on how every South African鈥檚 actions can save lives.
The multilingual posters were produced by research communication specialists Jive Media Africa, and are published with a Creative Commons license so you are free to copy, print and share them (provided no modifications are made).
鈥淎ltruism is a strong motivator鈥 says Jive Media Africa Director Robert Inglis, 鈥淧eople are looking for ways they can help, and sharing relevant, relatable messages is one of those ways.鈥
Hay鈥檏hona is an isiZulu expression signalling strong negative sentiment. Inglis says the posters say:
No, not here! to COVID-19
The posters have been translated into a number of languages from South Africa and other African regions, including IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, Setswana, Sesotho, Sepedi, SiSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, Yoruba, Luo and French.