The Patagonian Afrikaans dialect, spoken nowhere else, preserves elements of Afrikaans from before 1925, when the South African government recognised it as an official language.

I am pleased to learn that Afrikaans today is far from a ‘dying’ language. It is spoken as a first language by more than eight million people and there is a thriving population of Afrikaans ...

The Afrikaans issue The Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974 declared that in black schools across South Africa Afrikaans must be used equally with English as a medium for teaching non-language ...

“Last year, we decided to create a board game to celebrate Afrikaans’ birthday. We wanted something fun that would also help players learn more about our language, expanding its reach and appreciation ...

This year, South Africa commemorates the centenary of Afrikaans as an official language, a milestone that ought to inspire pride but instead lays bare a troubling reality.

Ryanair had been making passengers to England pass a test in Afrikaans, the language associated with South Africa’s apartheid regime.