Afrikaans is not a ‘white man’s language’

14 August 2022 - 00:00
By Hein Wyngaard

Today is “Taaldag” — “Language Day” — though it refers only to Afrikaans, SA’s third most spoken language (13.5%) after isiZulu (23%) and isiXhosa (16%), writes Hein Wyngaard.

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