A few adventure stories in Afrikaans strengthened my bond with the language and I was innocently oblivious of the political context which tainted the language for many South Africans.

There are ‘about 44 individuals still speaking Afrikaans’, said Charlize Theron who admitted she only became fluent in English after moving to the United States at the age of 19.

Afrikaans is celebrated at 100, but leaders warn it risks fading as schools drop the language and political pressure mounts.

The most important part of the uncovered history of Afrikaans is this discovery that the very first writing of the language was in Arabic.

This year, South Africa commemorates the centenary of Afrikaans as an official language, a milestone that ought to inspire pride but instead lays bare a troubling reality.

The budget airline says the test is needed to screen for passengers using fraudulent South African passports, but many can't understand why it's in Afrikaans.

Afrikaans is marking its centenary today, having been recognised as an official language on 8 May 1925. Previously, only English and Dutch had been national languages.

Colin Marshall on J. M. Coetzee’s new novel, “El Polaco,” which has been published only in Spanish, and his relationship to language (English, Dutch, and Afrikaans).

Afrikaans was formally recognised as a separate language from Dutch and adopted as an official language of South Africa in 1925, yet Khan describes this moment as an act of “mass cultural ...

The relationship between the Afrikaans language and Afrikaner cultural identity is a contentious one, mostly related to race, that is beyond the scope of this writing.

Local news News Afrikaans and isiZulu linguistic experts weigh in on Mother Language Day This week, we found out more about two of KZN's most widely spoken languages- isiZulu and Afrikaans.