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  • Department of Afrikaans Prize Function

    Posted on April 30, 2023

    The Departement of Afrikaans hosted its annual award function on 16 March 2023.

  • C van Rensburg Gedenklesing / Memorial Lecture

    Posted on October 28, 2021

    The second Christo van Rensburg memorial lecture was held on the Future Africa Campus on 21 October. Die tweede Christo van Rensburg-gedenklesing is op 21 Oktober op die Future Africa-kampus gehou.

  • The legacy of Patrick J. Peterson

    Posted on July 12, 2021

    Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) discussed the legacy of the late Afrikaans writer Patrick J. Petersen (1951-1997) in an interview on RSG's Spektrum news programme on his what would have been his 70th birthday

  • Do we trust government?

    Posted on July 12, 2021

    Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) was interviewed on capetalk.co.za on whether the "government can be trusted".

  • BLOOD Metaphors in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho

    Posted on June 08, 2021

    Nerina Bosman (Afrikaans) and Elsabé Taljard (African languages) published an article "A Cross-Linguistic Study of BLOOD Metaphors in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho" in Language Matters 52/1.

  • The mass killing of the Hereros and Namas

    Posted on June 08, 2021

    Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) comments in his newspaper column on the German government's recent decision to recognise the mass killing of the Hereros and Namas in the beginning of the 20th century as "genocide".

  • The history and perceptions of the Afrikaans

    Posted on May 24, 2021

    Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) was interviewed by MGT Live on the history and perceptions of the Afrikaans

  • Tribute to Cecyl Esau

    Posted on May 24, 2021

    Hein Willemse (Afrikaans) wrote a tribute to the ANC uMkhonto we Sizwe combatant Cecyl Esau that was published on litnet.co.za

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