In the past two weeks, we have seen protests erupt at former Afrikaans-only universities, specifically at the University of Pretoria and the University of the Free State. The reasons for the protests ...

Within the domain of higher education, the decline of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction comes on the back of a more fundamental shift: The gradual erasure of the longstanding white institutional ...

Some black pupils say it is their choice to be taught in Afrikaans in a dual medium school and they ask that the language be respected and allowed to live on through those who want to speak it and be ...

After the Heritage month and the Luister documentary about Afrikaans/ racism at University of Stellenbosch (US), we all need to digest on the future of Afrikaans in this country. Whenever this issue ...

Pretoria - University of Pretoria students sang the apartheid-era national anthem Die Stem during a protest on Thursday against the alleged sidelining of Afrikaans at the institution. Protesters ...

Tension is brewing at Laerskool Theresapark, Pretoria, over a call by the school governing body (SGB) to terminate Afrikaans as a medium at the parallel medium school. Mogomotsi Tlhoaele, SGB ...

From the age of four and throughout her schooling her mom would declare an English day once a week. Paulette van Heerden grew up in an Afrikaans home in Bloemfontein but her mom decided early on to ...

Private Afrikaans university Akademia has shown strong growth over the last twelve years, with plans to grow its presence in South Africa. Akademia was established by the labour union Solidarity and ...

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 ...

University of Pretoria students sang the apartheid-era national anthem Die Stem during a protest on Thursday against the alleged sidelining of Afrikaans at the institution. Protesters sported a ...

Hollywood star Charlize Theron has faced a mountain of criticism for calling her mother tongue Afrikaans "a dying language". Theron joked it was spoken by "about 44 people" and was "not very helpful".