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Liz, my understanding below:
"Sesotho sa Leboa" is Northern Sotho. This was originally a government
pseudo-fabrication that covers several languages, the official variety of which
is a dialect called Sipedi.
"Sesotho" is Sotho or Southern Sotho.
"Siswati" is also called "Swazi" in English but hardly ever "Swati". "Swazi" is
the Zulu word for Swati (which the English name of the country Swaziland comes
from - hence the name of the country in English is "Kingdom of Swaziland" but in
Siswati is "Umbuso weSwatini").
Whether or not to include the prefix is a matter of variation (to the degree
that "Language in South Africa", a definitive textbook on languages in South
Africa, has a section debating whether to use them or not). In most official
government documents they are included.
My experience in day-to-day speech is that I think the general rule is that the
single syllable prefixes beginning with S are adopted more commonly than the
others...
Xhosa is commonly used without the Prefix
Zulu is commonly used without the Prefix
Tsonga is used more often than Xitsonga
Venda is used more often than tshiVenda
Ndebele is used more often than isiNdebele
Siswati / Swazi are both used
Sesotho / Sotho are both used
Tswana / Setswana are both used

However speakers of these languages may be more likely to use the name with the
prefix when speaking English.
I think Dwayne can probably make the best call as to what to do here...

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