The SALALS Conference, organized by the Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society, is set to take place at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University North Campus in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. This annual event, scheduled for June 25-27, 2025, embraces the theme "Traditions, transformations, and African thought: Imagining Linguistics in Africa for the 21st century." This theme underscores the importance of traditions, transformation, and African thought as pivotal concepts that shape South Africa's diverse past and present. The conference aims to explore how these concepts can guide the development of linguistics within the African context as we look toward the future.
