The SABC has admitted it made mistakes in reshuffling and reducing Afrikaans content over the last three years without conducting thorough research on the potential impact. Since 2023, the broadcaster ...
Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof has been crowned the top Afrikaans school in South Africa with 3.62 distinctions per candidate in the 2025 matric exams. Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof is a government high school ...
The Department of Basic Education says it's noticing a nationwide trend of Afrikaans former Model C schools introducing English as a medium of instruction. But members of parliament's basic education ...
If some of the scenery in a new South African children’s Bible looks familiar, it might be because the illustrations were done by Simon’s Town artist Marie Prins­loo. “There might even be a friend or ...
As many South Africans celebrated the 100th-year of existence of the Afrikaans language, some doubt it would be around another year, or exist in a significant way. But EFF MP Carl Niehaus loves ...
At the weekend, South Africans watching SABC 2 were surprised to see that without prior notice that the Afrikaans TV news bulletin did not air on Saturday and Sunday at the regularly scheduled 18:15 ...
The DA and AfriForum have raised concern about the sudden halt of the Afrikaans news bulletin on SABC2 without warning. The Afrikaans news bulletin did not air on Saturday night as usual. DA ...
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 ...
Recently launched Afrikaans e-hailing service Wanatu could face legal trouble over its policy of only hiring Afrikaans-speaking drivers, according to attorney and labour law specialist Craig Kirchmann ...
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 ...
A new education law in South Africa is dividing lawmakers and sparking angry emotions in a country with a complex racial and linguistic history. Last Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Basic ...