We never fabricated apartheid. The landing of Jan van Riebeck at the Cape in 1652 made it very difficult for the Dutch and Khoisan people to communicate. In this engagement, a language had to be born ...

Actress Charlize Theron, an Oscar winner, has come under heavy fire in South Africa for declaring that her native Afrikaans is “a disappearing language". The “Monster” and “Tully” actress said that ...

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 ...

Afrikaans survived South Africa’s transition from apartheid, but lost the privileges of power. Will it cope with the challenges of a changing world? Yet 25 years on from the negotiated settlement that ...

Mokubung Nkomo is a retired academic who loathes unhygienic conditions, be they political or otherwise. He writes in his personal hygienic capacity. This article is an Opinion, which presents the ...

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Tens of thousands of Afrikaners flocked to the western Cape town of Oudtshoorn on Monday for a week-long celebration of their language at the Little Karoo National Arts Festival. Now in its 11th year, ...

Award-winning Hemelbesem is a black Afrikaans hip-hop artist. Facebook The language of Afrikaans remains a contested issue in South Africa. The controversy over the medium of instruction at ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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