The South African Multilingual Dictionary (the SAMD) is a groundbreaking publication in the field of basic communication and language enablement. While other similar dictionaries have contained more than two South African languages translated from one to the other and back, and there have been dictionaries covering all South Africa’s eleven languages in separate volumes, the SAMD is the first to offer interactive translations of all eleven South African languages in one volume. At a glance, core vocabulary can be translated from one South African language into any other South African language. The ease of use and accessibility of the SAMD make it an exceptionally powerful language tool. The translation of the English entries into the indigenous languages of South Africa have been performed by leading language practitioners, ensuring the quality and reliability of the SAMD. With English as the cornerstone of this interactive language matrix, the dictionary provides an explanation for each entry, to ensure that the context of each entry is fully and correctly understood. While the SAMD does not claim to be comprehensive, it does strive to cover the basic vocabulary generally used in everyday life. This would exactly be the kind of vocabulary required by school learners and teachers, employees in a multilingual workplace, patients visiting a doctor or hospital, road and air commuters, including local and foreign visitors, and people in the process of acquiring a new South African language other than their own. A major advantage of the SAMD is that it includes a number of words describing commonly used technological advances. It is the sincere hope of the compilers, translators and editors of the South African Multilingual Dictionary that this dictionary would enhance communication across all South African languages, foster an understanding and appreciation among South Africans and visitors to this country for South Africa’s rich cultural diversity, and ultimately contribute towards bringing people together in common understanding and goodwill. The alphabetical index of the ten languages other than English contains page references for easy cross-reference. This uniquely South African dictionary has been created by South Africans for South Africans and for visitors to this beautiful land.