Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of an antique photograph of the British Empire's mission work among the Zulu people of then-Natal province.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Afrikaans, the guttural, gruff language that originated with the Dutch settlers who arrived in South Africa in 1652, has symbolized many things. At first a patois spoken ...

In the last decade or so, xenophobic attacks have made headlines a number of times in South Africa. The most recent wave occurred in August and September 2019, targeting migrants from other African ...

South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing use of digital technologies. By some estimates only 5% of the world’s languages are likely to ...

On this World Book and Copyright Day, we are reminded that publishing and copyright are not peripheral concerns. They are ...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (Reuters) - Students at South Africa's Stellenbosch University are threatening to go beyond protest marches and seek a legal right to be taught in English rather than ...