by Henri Steenkamp | Jul 26, 2017 | Afrikaans, News & Blog
Recently, I read an interview of Charlize Theron, where she revealed that at least once a day, she spoke Afrikaans in one way or another. Though Theron is perhaps South Africa’s most famous actress, I’d also go so far as to say that few people know that she’s South...
by Henri Steenkamp | Jun 28, 2017 | Environment, Language, South African languages
Note: this will be the first in a series covering the languages of South Africa, and some of its complicated politics surrounding it. For a country of 55 million people, South Africa has a lot of languages: eleven official ones, along with a wide range of dialects...