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 ...

Language is at the core of every society and culture. This has been the case for millennia. Without language, there is no communication. It is unimaginable how social relations and day-to-day ...

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".

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. At the foot of the Hawequas Mountains near Paarl, a slice of South African history is on the market for R8-million. It’s an urgent sale. The ...

What to do with the Afrikaners? And what should the Afrikaners be doing? Whereas the latter question has been a subject of intense debate among Afrikaners since 1994, the former one is not really ...

There were mixed opinions and feelings by citizens and experts about the place of Afrikaans in society. In recent years the language has come under fire by various departments and political parties.

In the wake of South Africa's long and complex struggle against apartheid, the call for genuine transformation in education is more pressing than ever. One of the critical conversations that needs to ...

Why does the issue of language in advertising arouse such strong feelings? What are some of the complexities involved? Folio invited me to open a window on their perspective, outlining some of the ...

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is facing fierce criticism in South Africa after saying her mother tongue, Afrikaans, is “a dying language.” The “Monster” and “Tully” star made the comments on ...