Sidelines
Fred Mouton writes:
[translation]
"...and he passed with much lower marks because he can speak an African language"
Fred Mouton
'Die Burger' has had just three full time daily cartoonists since it was founded in 1915 under the editorship of DF Malan; all three of them giants of South African…>

Failed to Speak African
KNOW THE LINGO: Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande has proposed that university students must know an African language before they are passed. One wonders whether Afrikaans would be recognised as an African language (since it is unique to this continent).