Professor Chris Thurman’s Percy Baneshik Memorial Lecture sparked new thinking on language, learning and the future of English in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa (22 April 2026) – A…
What happens when an Afrikaner and an American live together? The funniest stoep chats! United States, America (14 January 2026) – When Ray Swanepoel married Hannah, an American, he…
If, like me, you grew up a little obsessed about frogs, Wildlife in Vernacular is going to make your amphibian-loving heart warm! South Africa (25 November 2025) – South…
A South African shop in New Zealand has reminded us all that people come first. New Zealand (04 October 2025) – ‘Something From Home’ is a happy place for…
A Londoner learns that South African English is less about grammar and more about humour and everyday connection. South Africa (09 September 2025) – South Africa continues to confuse…
There’s impressive, and then there’s Aleah Ramouthar! Just eight years old, she only started learning Mandarin in February, yet she’s already mastered the language and soared to national recognition as…
An American learning Afrikaans is sharing the words she loves and the words she has beef with, and we’re giggling because she might just have a point on the latter:…
‘Yoh’, ‘gatvol’ and ‘sharp-sharp’ are just some South African words and terms that have graduated from slang terms to join the Oxford English Dictionary! Global (26 March 2025) —…
From lore to demure, the top words for 2024 each have their own sprinkle of ‘Rizz’. Here are the 6 words up for the coveted title of 2024’s Oxford Word…
A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct Northern Cape, South Africa (13 November 2024) — More than anything else, Paul…
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