Claims that South Africa's government is "removing" English from public schools have been circulating on social media. This may be a misinterpretation of recent efforts to expand mother-tongue ...

A Canadian broke down the three main dialects of Afrikaans spoken in South Africa, and native speakers in the comments said his accuracy was almost unsettling.

This week, I reflect on the bittersweet emotions of my baby turning two, as I scroll through cherished memories and celebrate the joy of motherhood.

Lauren Clark took a video of the moment she realized she’s raising her kids with love Courtesy of Lauren Clark Lauren Clark saw a trend on TikTok that she wanted to take part in She tested out phrases ...

If you grew up with boomer parents, you probably heard: "Stop crying, or I’ll give you something to cry about." But many kids today have never encountered those old‑school "tough love" lines—and one ...

The SABC has admitted it made mistakes in reshuffling and reducing Afrikaans content over the last three years without conducting thorough research on the potential impact. Since 2023, the broadcaster ...

“Your news. In your language.” After two years of constant reshuffles, the SABC promises Afrikaans news will return to SABC2 at 18:30, seven days a week from February 9. According to AfriForum, since ...

Construction on the newest campus for the private Afrikaans higher education institution, Akademia, has officially started. The first phase of the construction started this week at the group’s site in ...

Our language is full of surprises, like when finding out the true age of a word that feels a lot more modern than it actually is. But this group of words also includes some surprisingly ...

I almost wound up underlining all of Walter Isaacson’s slim new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. It’s that smart, challenging, personal, humane -- with only 41 pages of text and a few short ...

Leave it to a lawyer to know how to spot a good lie. Trial attorney Dan Cogdell of Houston-based Cogdell Law Firm has been a criminal defense lawyer for over four decades, so it’s fair to say he knows ...