isiNdebele (Ndebele) is one of the official languages of South Africa. There are 711,821 (1.59 %) first language speakers in South Africa [2001 census data]. isiNdebele is also a major language in Zimbabwe (with an estimated 1,500,000 speakers), and there is also a small population of speakers in Botswana. There are differences between the isiNdebele varieties spoken in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

isiNdebele is a member of the "Nguni" language group, and is most closely related to isiZulu, isiXhosa and SiSwati.

• Web-lingo South African based online translation service offering general and technical translations, development of multilingual websites, and software localisation services.
• Folio Translation Consultants "specialising in African, major European and Asian languages".
• Jako Olivier Language Services "For fast, reliable and quality translations between English and: Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho (Sepedi), Otjiherero, Sesotho, Shona, Swahili, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu."
• Asterisks.com Editing and Translation Services Online. Specializing in the 11 official languages of South Africa.
• Lingua Consultants specialize in the medical, pharmaceutical and chemical fields in European and African languages.
• Multilingua Translation and Interpretation Services

• Ikwekwezi FM

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http://www.translate.org.za/
A non-profit organization translating various OpenSource software packages such as OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser into all official South African languages. They have released isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa and Afrikaans versions of OpenOffice.