Afrikaans (noun) –South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the ...
We need to make sure that indigenous languages are taught in South African schools, making it compulsory for pupils to study South African languages other than English and Afrikaans. This should begin at grade one. Furthermore, knowledge of indigenous languages should be linked to admission to uni...
As part of data collection, we used interview guides written in English, but conducted the interviews using local languages comprehendible to participants (Afrikaans, English, or Xhosa). All data collectors were graduate socio-behavioral scientists (including authors AM, LV) who were at least biling...
alongside music producers Lil2Hood and HITEK3000. The group sings most of their songs in both the English language and indigenous Afrikaans language. They are unique because their artistry and image are built around the South African Counterculture movement simply known as Zef, and some of ...
We need to make sure that indigenous languages are taught in South African schools, making it compulsory for pupils to study South African languages other than English and Afrikaans. This should begin at grade one. Furthermore, knowledge of indigenous languages should be linked to admission to uni...
Prior to World War 2 in 1938 Paton was the principal of an African boys’ reformatory at Diepkloof – and being completely bi-lingual – fluent in Afrikaans and considering himself a son of Africa. He gets swept up in Afrikaner Nationalism, grows a Voortrekker beard and joins the 1938 ...
Not to lose sight of Dr Nico Diederichs, he became a National Party MP stalwart, served as the first chancellor of the Rand Afrikaans University and became ceremonial State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. The male fraternity war between the various fraternal societies in South Afri...
1South Africa has 12 official languages; the country’s official name in each language is provided in parentheses: Afrikaans (Republiek van Suid-Afrika); English (Republic of South Africa); Ndebele (IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika); Pedi (Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa); Sotho (Rephaboliki ya Af...
is not greatly different in meaning from the new one, meaning Diverse people unite, although the previous coat of arms was referring to the unification of the four independent provinces of South Africa, and of English- and Afrikaans-speaking peoples, and gave no attention to African culture. Hu...