Afrikaans is marking its centenary today, having been recognised as an official language on 8 May 1925. Previously, only English and Dutch had been national languages. It was in the Cape that ...

An Irish budget airline is removing a language requirement for South African passport holders traveling to the United Kingdom. Ryanair had been making those passengers pass a written test in Afrikaans ...

Charlize Theron has been facing some backlash for claiming that her first language, Afrikaans, is dying out. The 47-year-old actor opened up about growing up in South Africa while appearing on ...

Hollywood star Charlize Theron has been called out for saying her mother tongue Afrikaans is a “dying language”. The South African-American actor and producer diminished the language on the Smartless ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Construction of the R3.2 billion Akademia University campus in Pretoria East is progressing, set to be the largest Afrikaans ...

Johannesburg — Shocked South Africans have taken to social media to voice their outrage that Ryanair is making some passengers take a test in Afrikaans in order to fly. Last week, the airline started ...

LONDON — Budget airline Ryanair says it's forcing South African travelers to the U.K. to do a test in the Afrikaans language to prove their nationality in an apparent effort to weed out those with ...