As a Beckett scholar, I think it’s worth asking why Afrikaans is so late on the scene – and why it matters. The action involves two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, who have a series of absurd ...

Laat my dink aan oorlede prof. Tony Links en Conrad Sidego wat die vliegtuig instap en doodluiters met mekaar gesels, in Afrikaans. Sê die lugwaardin: “Haai! Julle praat darem sulke mooi Afrikaans!” ...

"I won't go very far in Afrikaans. As you know I grew up in Natal... and in Natal we are more English than anything.. So that's why ek praat nie mooi Afrikaans nie (I don't speak good Afrikaans)," he ...

Today, 8 May, marks the centennial of the recognition of Afrikaans as an official language in South Africa. A long journey with many sacrifices culminated in this “language birth” in 1925 – a journey ...