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A screenshot purporting to show an article about alleged financial troubles at the Afrikaans-focused ride-hailing platform ...
First Language Movement sparked Afrikaans writing, printing, and identity prideSecond Movement resisted Anglicisation, ...
“Afrikaans originated here in the southern tip of Africa with the influence of other languages.” She said like many other languages it was spoken in different dialects or variants.
Construction has begun just outside of Pretoria on South Africa’s newest Afrikaans-only university campus, backed by ...
Ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the Afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travelling on fake South African passports. Boss Michael O'Leary said imposing the test "doesn't ...
Afrikaans was formally recognised as a separate language from Dutch and adopted as an official language of South Africa in 1925, yet Khan describes this moment as an act of “mass cultural ...
"Afrikaans is an African language that was formed here in Africa, but it became a language that polarised people under apartheid," Prof Pitika Ntuli, an artist and cultural analyst, tells the BBC.
A video of a two-year-old boy passionately and perfectly singing the national anthem during a Springboks match left many social media users deeply moved.
Afrikaans and its discontents Important is whether languages are intentionally killed off, in a manner of speaking, or whether they decay and die out “naturally”.
One day to go until the Woza Afrikaans Fest that will have something to offer for everyone! Women’s Day has never been more ...
Mohau Nkota has taken the lead and joined Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia after shining for Orlando Pirates last season. The ...