Cape Town - Naspers, incorporating Media24, have launched a new portal NetAfrikaans.com - providing a single entry point to local Afrikaans content. NetAfrikaans.com is intended to showcase the very ...

Cape Town - More than a third of the 328 name changes made between 2000 and the start of 2010 have involved replacing Afrikaans names. Meanwhile, only 28 (or 3%) of the 849 names that were give to new ...

One of SABC’s Afrikaans shows, Voetspore, could soon face the axe. Picture: Supplied. State broadcaster SABC doesn’t seem to have a vendetta against the Afrikaans language – but is so broke ...

Van Pretoria tot by die Taalmonument: Solidariteit het die Afrikaans 100 Lettertoer aangepak waar die letters, dorp vir dorp, storie vir storie, Afrikaans 100 gevier het. Op 8 Mei is dit presies ...

Today marks a significant milestone in South Africa’s linguistic history—100 years since Afrikaans was officially recognised as a state language. While many celebrate this centenary ...

This Week on the Born Free Podcast: This week on Born Free, Khumo Kumalo and Otsile Nkadimeng sit down with Ernst van Zyl, Head of Public Relations at AfriForum, for a frank and challenging ...

Afrikaans became South Africa's second official language on 8 May 1925, alongside English, replacing Dutch, which had been one of the two official languages in the then-Union of South Africa ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. government has officially granted 54 Afrikaans South Africans, white descendants of mainly Dutch colonizers, refugee status and they are expected to land in ...

FILE: The Taal Monument in Paarl, in the Western Cape, was erected by architect Jan Van Wyk in 1975 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the official recognition of Afrikaans. Picture ...

The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions. By ...

Launched in late 2024, the newcomer has been making headlines in recent weeks for its requirement that drivers be able to speak Afrikaans. The rule intends to ensure Wanatu’s largest target ...

On 8 May 1925 Afrikaans was recognised as an official language of South Africa. But like many things that develop naturally and organically, the birth of Afrikaans cannot be traced back to a specific ...