After three years of debate and research, the experts have concluded that the Xhosa word for condom is ikhondom. This and hundreds of other pearls are included in a new Xhosa-English dictionary ...

The reasons I speak it so badly are probably the same reason my Afrikaans has atrophied into a barely useful relic of my bilingual days at Laërskool Lorraine. Most second-language English speakers are ...

The artist Nicholas Hlobo‘s studio is in a converted ex-synagogue in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is now a different kind of sanctuary, providing the space for him to create intricate, textured ...

As Nelson Mandela's death is mourned and his life and legacy celebrated in South Africa and around the world, the BBC's Pronunciation Unit has been advising broadcasters on the pronunciation of South ...