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A deep dive into the data behind the poor scores of South Africa’s primary school learns in reading assessments – Part 2 ...
Here's what you need to know about apartheid and how it came under control in South Africa and as well as who the Afrikaans are. Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group that descended from ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. government has officially granted 54 Afrikaans South Africans, white descendants of mainly Dutch colonizers, refugee status and they are expected to land in ...
Afrikaans became South Africa's second official language on 8 May 1925, alongside English, replacing Dutch, which had been one of the two official languages in the then-Union of South Africa ...
Today marks a significant milestone in South Africa’s linguistic history—100 years since Afrikaans was officially recognised as a state language. While many celebrate this centenary ...
The series is SABC 2’s last remaining Afrikaans programme. Rapport reports that Voetspore producer Kew Productions sued the SABC on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, for legal costs and outstanding fees ...
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has clarified that the Afrikaans news bulletin has not been discontinued and that the language remains an important part of its public ...
Launched in October 2024 and funded by private investors, Wanatu requires Afrikaans proficiency for its drivers. While the platform’s app accommodates English-speaking users through a ...
A VIRAL TikTok video, in which a mother, Awelani Khoaisi from Pretoria, expresses frustration about her Grade 1 son's placement at an all-Afrikaans-speaking school, has shifted from complaints to ...
Private Afrikaans university Akademia has shown strong growth over the last twelve years, with plans to grow its presence in South Africa. Akademia was established by the labour union Solidarity ...
Ideal for KS1 & KS2 SATs practice, these high-quality comprehension worksheets from the Comprehension Ninja series are rich in vocabulary. The fiction worksheets cover a wide variety of genres, ...
However, Sections 4 and 5, which regulate languages of instruction in school, and school admission policies, are causing upheaval among Afrikaans-speaking minority groups. The clauses allow ...