The Afrikaans we spoke as kids was inventive and creative; much more so, I would argue, than ‘pure Afrikaans’. It was dotted with words of isiXhosa or isiZulu. Everyone used Afrikaans.

A man shared a video speaking Afrikaans in an American accent. Online users referenced Donald Trump's refugee offer for ...

A funny Afrikaans-speaking farmer opened a can of funny comments after sharing he won't move to America as they don't sell ...

They speak Afrikaans, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and make up many of South Africa’s rural farming communities. Afrikaners were at the heart of the apartheid regime, and tensions ...

Two factors put this situation under pressure. Firstly, the intake on the Potch Campus of more and more non-Afrikaans speaking students (with a 50% target on the horizon) who do not want or cannot ...

After 1970 the focus shifted from a rather exclusive focus on the Afrikaners to one on the larger Afrikaans-speaking community. By the 1990s Afrikaans was no longer the instrument of a chauvinistic ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference to speak in opposition to Amendment 4, which would limit government interference with abortion in Florida, in Winter Garden, Fla., Oct. 22, 2024.

A new local ridehailing platform has launched in the form of Wanatu, which has stirred social media with its policy of only hiring Afrikaans-speaking drivers. Currently only available in Centurion ...

Launched in October 2024 and funded by private investors, Wanatu requires Afrikaans proficiency for its drivers. While the platform’s app accommodates English-speaking users through a ...

Its victims were commemorated at a large memorial ceremony. Survivors were also on hand to speak and give testimony of the horrors they experienced. It is they who deserve to be heard on such a ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat will be the first Asia-Pacific leader to speak at the WELT Economic Summit when he delivers a keynote speech at the forum on Monday (Jan ...

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump "stressed the importance of the close and warm ties" between their countries and "agreed to meet soon" in a phone call, Downing Street has said. During the ...