Breyten Breytenbach, who died Sunday, was one of South Africa's most honoured writers, who found beauty in his Afrikaans language but was horrified at the white supremacy imposed by his government.

Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille has strongly criticised the two contested clauses of the ...

A top South African university has dropped Afrikaans as its official language in favour of English. The University of Pretoria told the BBC it needed to "transform the culture" to make it "truly ...

The Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA) bill has ignited a political crisis in South Africa, threatening the Government of ...

One of the critical conversations that needs to take place is whether Afrikaans should continue to hold a place in our school curricula. As a language that has deep historical ties to colonialism ...

Because Afrikaans was the language white European settlers - 17th Century refugees from the various wars and adventures in Europe - used to cement their identity in Africa. It helped them ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Bela Act into law on Friday. Afterwards, both DA leader John Steenhuisen and DA Federal ...

The Western Cape is not under similar pressure. The DA-ruled province draws much of its support from the diverse Afrikaans community and it is spearheading the national fight against BELA. It would be ...