Jacaranda FM

Did you know there's another country where they speak Afrikaans?

There's a version of Afrikaans spoken deep in South America. Deep in the heart of Patagonia, Argentina, lives a community of ...
CNN

Ryanair abandons controversial Afrikaans test for South African travelers

Ryanair has confirmed that South Africans will no longer have to take an Afrikaans test to prove their nationality before boarding flights to the UK. The low-cost airline is abandoning the ...
The Conversation

What one university’s 30‑year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa

Lloyd Hill received funding from the South African National Research Foundation (Grant #111845). When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a ...
The South African on MSN

‘It hurt me’: Siya Kolisi opens up about Afrikaans struggle

Siya Kolisi opened up about his struggles with Afrikaans as he spoke about his son's Afrikaans mark which he would have 'done ...
The New York Times

Ryanair Asks Travelers to Prove South African Nationality, in Afrikaans

The choice of a language that had been imposed by the apartheid government and is not even spoken by many South Africans today has set off complaints. By Emma Bubola Before he could board a recent ...
Briefly on MSN

South African creator shares hilarious breakdown of Afrikaans words, showing how language can be funny and playful

A young Afrikaans content creator shared a humorous breakdown of words that progressively get worse, making Mzansi laugh at playful language quirks.