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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG - The SABC has explained why the Afrikaans television news bulletin over the weekend was not broadcast, saying this was due to a scheduling error. The ...

Demi-Leigh Tebow and her husband, football star Tim Tebow, have a baby girl on the way — but it sounds like the duo still have plenty of things to figure out before she arrives. While speaking ...

It began as a bold dream to create a dedicated Afrikaans TV channel that could reach, entertain and inspire. On 15 November 1999, kykNET made that dream a reality by broadcasting for the first ...

However, Sections 4 and 5, which regulate languages of instruction in school, and school admission policies, are causing upheaval among Afrikaans-speaking minority groups. The clauses allow ...

A legal battle is brewing over the future of Afrikaans schools in South Africa, which Solidarity warned is under threat because of a new education bill. Solidarity is concerned about the impact of ...

Oxford University Press South Africa (OUPSA) has launched its Afrikaans library for Oxford Reading Buddy – which like its English counterpart – aims to boost comprehension skills by making ...

They were used to the languages of their mosque being Arabic and Afrikaans. They prayed and recited in Arabic, but the sermons were in Afrikaans. By switching to English that day, the imam broke a ...

Real estate development company Kanton revealed detailed plans of a new campus for Solidarity’s private Afrikaans university Akademia in Pretoria on Thursday. The comprehensive R3-billion ...