U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his intention not to attend the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa and said that the host nation should not even be in the organization—an economic forum of ...

The US Embassy's Afrikaans-language update on refugee eligibility for South Africans has ignited a debate, raising questions ...

The African National Congress (ANC) welcomes and salutes the courageous stance taken by the Afrikaans-speaking South Africans ...

A University of Pretoria historian said the 'US does not care for Afrikaners and fears America may not be majority white by 2050'.

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 ...

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.

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".

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 ...

A South African social media user mistook Ronn Moss, known for playing 'Ridge Forrester,' for speaking Afrikaans while ...

The Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, has targeted Afrikaans and single-medium schools and his umpteenth attack is ...

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 ...