No lol. We have 11 official languages (12 including sign language). isiZulu is the most spoken language at home, and English is basically the lingua franca.
Afrikaans (which is based off of Dutch) is spoken by 14% of the population. Another interesting thing to note here is that the majority of Afrikaans speakers are non white, in the coloured community (not a racial slur in South Africa, it’s a culture/ethnicity). Afrikaans was the official language of the government during apartheid though.
Yes and no really. Lots of trade and economic projects with the west, but there is a rift in diplomacy and foreign policy. Definitely playing both sides here.
Not to get into the semantics, but isn’t South Africa in the “western” sphere of influence?
They’re the S in BRICS, right?
Technically the “Anglosphere” too but we know what that really means
Don’t they speak fucking Dutch?
No lol. We have 11 official languages (12 including sign language). isiZulu is the most spoken language at home, and English is basically the lingua franca.
Afrikaans (which is based off of Dutch) is spoken by 14% of the population. Another interesting thing to note here is that the majority of Afrikaans speakers are non white, in the coloured community (not a racial slur in South Africa, it’s a culture/ethnicity). Afrikaans was the official language of the government during apartheid though.
Yes and no really. Lots of trade and economic projects with the west, but there is a rift in diplomacy and foreign policy. Definitely playing both sides here.
Their pass got revoked when they ended apartheid