The 49 South African refugees who left the country for the US cannot be deprived of their South African citizenship, an immigration lawyer says.

Afrikaans is celebrated at 100, but leaders warn it risks fading as schools drop the language and political pressure mounts.

The 49 refugees who left the country for the US cannot be deprived of their SA citizenship, an immigration lawyer says. As the group arrived in the US on Monday, SA immigration lawyer Chris Watters said they cannot have it both ways, meaning they could not use the SA embassy’s services while in the US.

President Trump signed an executive order telling white Afrikaans South Africans they could apply for refugee status in the U.S. The first group has been swiftly processed and is set to arrive on U.S.

SA marks 100 years of Afrikaans as an official language, celebrating its unique development from Dutch roots into a diverse tongue influenced by many cultures.

As the Afrikaans language turns 100 today amid great turbulence in Afrikaner politics, Leon Louw, CEO of the Freedom Foundation, expresses doubt that any real E

Cultural organisations warn of language decline as SABC axes Afrikaans shows and fails to pay for productions due to deepening financial troubles.

As South Africans clinked glasses and cut cakes to mark 100 years of Afrikaans, a less festive crowd wondered whether the language would even survive another decade, or even another year, in any meaningful way.

FILE: The Taal Monument in Paarl, in the Western Cape, was erected by architect Jan Van Wyk in 1975 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the official recognition of Afrikaans. Picture: MAISANT Ludovic / hemis.fr / Hemis via AFP

Google expanded its NotebookLM Audio Overviews feature, adding 50 new languages including Afrikaans and Swahili.

Today marks a momentous occasion as the Afrikaans language celebrates its 100th year since being officially recognised in South Africa: