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Professional development in Southern Africa

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The Goethe-Institut South Africa is committed to the professional development of German teachers. To this end, we offer courses in South African provinces on a wide range of topics and we organise a conference for German teachers every two years.
 

Deutschlehrer*innen-
tagung

Johannesburg, Gauteng: 6. - 8. November 2026

Join educators from Southern Africa at the German Teachers’ Conference—an inspiring two-day gathering held every two years in a vibrant South African city. Around 100 teachers come together to explore innovative ideas through lectures, workshops, and dynamic discussions centered on a shared theme.

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6 – 8 November 2026, Muldersdrift

The only professional conference for German teachers in Southern Africa!

The Goethe-Institut South Africa is delighted to invite German teachers from across Southern Africa to this year's Southern Africa German Teachers' Conference. From 6 to 8 November 2026, German language teachers from the region are invited to exchange ideas and experiences on current developments in German as a Foreign Language (GFL). This year's conference is held under the theme "United in Diversity". The conference offers valuable inspiration for classroom practice, promotes professional networking, and opens up new perspectives for the further development of German language teaching.

As a regional professional conference, the event is aimed at German language teachers throughout Southern Africa and offers high-quality methodology and didactics workshops, current insights from GFL research, practical approaches for teaching children and young people, as well as opportunities for professional exchange and shared reflection.

Information:

  • Who? GFL teachers in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
  • What? Southern Africa German Teachers' Conference 2026
  • When? Friday, 6 November to Sunday, 8 November 2026
  • Where? Cradle Moon Lakeside Game Lodge, Muldersdrift

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Teacher training in the provinces

Alternating with the German Teachers' Conference, short teacher training courses are held in four South African provinces: Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. In order to reach German teachers locally and to provide them with further methodological and didactic training, qualified teachers from primary, secondary and tertiary education who have been trained by the Goethe-Institut as multipliers conduct the workshops independently in the provinces.
In the teaching team, the multipliers impart subject didactic content as well as new methods for varied German lessons. The content of the training focuses on learner-activating and action-oriented topics. Special emphasis is placed on the needs of the teachers; what is suitable for immediate use in class, which methods suit my learners and which materials can I use directly after the training?

Contact

Please contact us if you would like to participate in our training courses. We will keep you regularly informed about the exact dates and send you useful information on the subject of German as a foreign language.

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