Deputy Director General for Delivery and Support, Simone Geyer, told MPs that there is progress in terms of language policies ...

Cape Town - The “fall of Afrikaans and the rise of English” at Stellenbosch University (SU) is an over-simplification of the language implementation planned at Maties, the institution said on Monday. ...

Durban - Judge President of the Cape, Justice John Hlophe, says the continued use of English and Afrikaans in South African courts is hampering the transformation of justice. Addressing the ...

Part 2 in a two-part series: Part 1 can be read here. On the eve of South Africa’s democratic dispensation, a language deal was reached between the incumbent National Party and the aspirant African ...

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 ...

Photo: File Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has assured the Afrikaans community that their language is not under threat. Member of the Executive Council for Education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi ...

It is astonishing that Mary Metcalfe, whose educational legacy in Gauteng was characterised by one foolish, abandoned experiment after the other, should pontificate on the issue of Afrikaans schools ( ...

Just as adverts in high-end magazines such as Vanity Fair or Monocle, or even South Africa's own Wanted that goes to Business Day's subscribers, must fit the product - ie be gorgeous and luxurious - ...

Deep-seated language issues at Stellenbosch University are popping up again as the SA Human Rights Commission continues a probe into allegations that Afrikaans in some residences has been prohibited.

Cape Town - Research into early Afrikaans by the late Bo-Kaap historian Achmat Davids has been revived in a new book that debunks stereotypes about the language. The book, Die Afrikaans van die Kaapse ...