Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University students in South Africa come to blows over lessons conducted in Afrikaans, the white minority language identified with ...

Associate Professor, Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan The Patagonian desert in southern Argentina is a harsh environment. Little seems to ...

From Pretoria to the Language Monument: Solidarity embarked on the Afrikaans 100 Letter Tour where giant letters, town by town, story by story, celebrated Afrikaans 100. Photo: Supplied Pretoria ...

Lloyd Hill received funding from the South African National Research Foundation (Grant #111845). When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a ...

This week, I reflect on the bittersweet emotions of my baby turning two, as I scroll through cherished memories and celebrate the joy of motherhood.

An Afrikaans creator broke down words that get increasingly worse, starting with playful terms like hanswors, meaning clown He joked about some words being lazy or humorous, giving viewers a fun ...

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 ...