Afrikaans is one of 11 of South Africa’s official languages Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron has sparked a firestorm in her native South Africa for suggesting that Afrikaans, a language descended ...

South Africans were shocked when Benoni-born Hollywood actress Charlize Theron said Afrikaans was dying because it is still spoken by about eight million people globally. Theron said on the SmartLess ...

Rachel John, a Dutch-Nigerian content creator, impressed South Africans with her attempt at speaking Afrikaans in a ...

Charlize Theron has been slammed by fans in her native South Africa for branding Afrikaans a 'dying language' and claiming only '44 people still speak it.' The Oscar-winning actress, 47, who was born ...

Demi-Leigh Tebow and her husband, football star Tim Tebow, have a baby girl on the way — but it sounds like the duo still have plenty of things to figure out before she arrives. While speaking ...

AFTER Nelson Mandela’s ascension to power in 1994, South Africa added nine official languages to English and Afrikaans. The winner, though, was English, which has become the unrivaled lingua franca.

DIE ANTWOORD was in town last week. The South African band raps and sings in a hypnotic mixture of Afrikaans and English, switching constantly between the two. In the music video for a popular song, ...

Ryanair made Dinesh Joseph take a test in Afrikaans when flying back from a vacation. The airline has said it is issuing the tests to guard against fraudulent South African passports. This is how ...

JOHANNESBURG – Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron has sparked a firestorm in her native South Africa for suggesting that Afrikaans, a language descended from Dutch settlers, was heading for oblivion.