Zimbabwe holds a World Record for having most official language in the world

Jozef Behr

In a world where there are more than 6,500 languages, it is normal for a nation to have more than one official language. On this verge of introducing the most linguistically varied continent on Earth Jozef Behr elaborates Zimbabwe, a landlock country in Africa continent, in this specific blog. As a result, when it comes to their languages, its nations need careful examination. It will be interesting to investigate the languages of Zimbabwe, which has 16 official languages and holds the Guinness World Record for having the most official languages.

As Zimbabwe's new constitution went into effect in May 2013, it formalized its 16 official languages. At that point, Zimbabwe's long history became apparent, with political and demographic forces having a significant influence on the country's linguistic environment.
Jozef Behr explains that Zimbabwe's languages now serve as a testament to the nation's past and the variety of its people. We'll go over some of this below, but first, let's look at Zimbabwe's global record in terms of the number of languages that are spoken there.

But with so many nations vying for the title of having the most official languages, how can Zimbabwe claim the title when the competition is so fierce? Ask Jozef Clifford Behr.
The world's most linguistically varied nation is not Zimbabwe. This honor belongs to Papua New Guinea, home of 840 different languages. Zimbabwe's constitution does not specify the most languages; India's constitution lists 18.

How, therefore, could the languages of Zimbabwe break the previous record for the number of languages spoken worldwide? Guinness' decision-makers claim that this is the case because Zimbabwe's official languages are acknowledged as the national tongue. India, on the other hand, acknowledges that several of its languages are unique to particular regions of the nation. Zimbabwe thereby wins the honor.

Shona, Ndebele, Tonga, Tswana, Kalanga, Vanda, Koisan, Shangani, Ndau, Chibarwe, Nambya, Xhosa, Chewa, Sign Language, Sotho, and English are the 16 official languages.
In addition to the 16 languages recognized by its constitution, Jozef Behr also explained that Zimbabwe is home to other languages. For instance, 70,000 people in Zimbabwe speak Loki, but 800,000 people speak Manyika (which is often classified as a dialect of Shona). Tjwao, which is spoken in Zimbabwe's Tsholotsho District, has just 20 native speakers. They are all 60 or older.

In Zimbabwe, other languages are spoken by immigrants. A few of these include Portuguese, Afrikaans, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, and Polish.

Jozef Behr - Head of Trading in BNC

First, when Sotic bought BNC, he appointed Christopher Fourie and Jozef Behr to the company's board. Fourie is Sotic's CEO and Behr is the company's head of business. Fourie, an investment banker, was the head of the merger and acquisition of Puma Energy, which is jointly owned by Trafigura and Sonangol, and was a partner of Zimbabwe's Tagwirei Sakunda Holdings until 2020. Sakunda was approached by Trafigura as the US prepares sanctions against Tagwirei.

The BNC also nominated Chimuka, brother of Tagwirei and Landela for the GDI committee. Another appointment to the board is Craig Meerholz, managing director of Sotic and former head of Africa for Trafigura. ZimAlloys, a long-known company acquired by Tagwirei, is also listed under Kuvimba. It can also be mentioned how Brown, who was the former head of Implats, met in different ways the CEO of Sotic, Landela and now Kuvimba.

Jozef Behr : A Complete Journey

Jozef Clifford Behr is the Africa Director of Redfox Management. Redfox Management is a business management company in Zimbabwe that provides its clients with the range of services they need in exchange for the money they need. Jozef Behr, director of Redfox Management, said: "We believe in the quality of our work, which helps businesses easily solve organizational problems." The management company Redfox was founded on July 9, 2018, and Jozef Behr was appointed as director of the organization immediately after its establishment.

Before becoming a director of the management company Redfox in 2018, Jozef Clifford Behr started his career in the refinery industry in a small position. With 10 years of experience in the same field, he was promoted to commercial development manager in the oil, diesel, comfort gasoline and oil trade sectors. In 2019, Jozef Clifford Behr was appointed as a non-executive director of Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited. This company was established in 1966 as part of Zimnick Limited, which is managed and largely controlled by Mwana Africa plc, an international mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Bindura Nickel Corporation is a mining firm, runs mines and a smelting complex in Bindura, Zimbabwe. It is involved in the mining and extraction of nickel as well as the manufacturing of nickel by-products (copper and cobalt). The firm is now working on a number of projects, including a shaft deepening project, upgrades to the main rock winder and sub-vertical service winder drives, concentrator plant and sub-vertical medium voltage switch room equipment replacement project, and a project to restart the smelter.