The conventional grammar wisdom is that turning verbs into nouns — or what is termed “nominalization” in linguistics — is bad for the health of one's prose. The evidence is painfully clear. Take this ...

Private Afrikaans university Akademia has officially started enrolling full-time students at its new Paarl campus in the Western Cape, setting the stage for the 2026 academic year. The campus, located ...

A plan is a description of what you are going to do. There are some words that we often use with it. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'plan' with ...

How many 'blue' phrases do you know? Learn three more here.

Anyone who has ever studied a foreign language knows that translator apps, while helpful, aren’t always reliable. It’s easy to tell when text has been fed through an online translator because certain ...

Google, in partnership with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), has launched a new AI Glossary for isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans, giving millions of South Africans the language tools to ...

South Africa’s higher education landscape has reached a new milestone with the official launch of Akademia’s new University campus in Paarl, Western Cape. The private Afrikaans University, driven by ...

Google South Africa has launched an “AI glossary” that standardises 100 terms in Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans in partnership with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). Google South Africa ...

Fifteen-year-old Evan Jonk joined Breakfast with Martin Bester for a fun-filled morning after he went viral on social media for trying to pronounce difficult English words. After going viral for ...

South Africa is home to many different languages and dialects, which means there’s a wide variety of accents to be found in one country. One of the most famous is definitely the Afrikaans-English ...