THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLINGUISTIC STATUS OF SELECTED MINORITY LANGUAGES IN CIVIL COURTS OF ZIMBABWE by PATSON KUFAKUNESU submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in the subject LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF D E MUTASA CO – SUPERVISOR: PROF M KADENGE JULY 2017 Open Rubric Open Rubric