2012
SATI Prize for Outstanding Translation Dictionaries (administered by the South African Translators' Institute), for the 'Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Zulu and English'
2009
SATI Prize for Outstanding Translation Dictionaries (administered by the South African Translators' Institute), for the 'Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Northern Sotho and English'
2003
Kernerman Dictionary Research Grants (administered by Afrilex), to support 'The Creation of an Innovative Kiswahili – English Online Dictionary'
2000
Laurence Urdang Award (administered by Euralex), to support 'The compilation of an electronic Sepedi reference package within the framework of Fuzzy SF'