Johannesburg - Since 1994 Afrikaans has been systematically disempowered and African languages neglected, all in favour of English, according to a report released by a language study group on ...

Following the decision of the University of Pretoria to phase out Afrikaans as a medium of instruction from 2019, we have observed a number of emotionally-charged, and mostly senseless remarks on this ...

The imam put his foot in it. It was in 1985 in the Boorhaanol mosque in Bo-Kaap and he delivered his sermon in English. It immediately drew bitter recrimination as the older congregants of this mosque ...

When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English ...

Why does the issue of language in advertising arouse such strong feelings? What are some of the complexities involved? Folio invited me to open a window on their perspective, outlining some of the ...

Hein Willemse does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In the latest broadcast of Die Stories van Afrikaans on KykNet (Sundays at 20:00), I mentioned that Afrikaans was made “een vir Azazel” (One for Azazel). I received a number of enquiries about this.