I've been away for a few days, so some or all of these may have already been posted. If so, my apologies. New University of SA Faces Up To Daunting Merger Vista to Take On Asmal in Court 'Juggernaut' Merger Faces a Stormy Year Technikons Relabelled in Education Shake-Up 'Technikons belong in apartheid's rubbish' Asmal Announces Names of Merging Institutions The end of PUK
Anything with an odour of Afrikaans culture seems to be destined for extinction. Not sure if that is necessary.
Greetings. The previous posts have awakened a few of the many questions I have about South Africa. Anyone care to take a shot? 1) How are SA's Technikons associated with SA's apartheid past? For example, I would have thought that UNISA, by dint of offering real BS/BA (not BTECH) degrees in spiffy subjects, would have a far closer linkage with SA's past than quasi-tradeschool Technikons. Or have I just answered my own question? <g> 2) What was/is the status of Afrikaans? Considering that it was (is?) the official language of SA, I have been quite surprised by the extent that it seems secondary to English. Does every one, even the majority <g>, speak Afrikaans in SA? I've actually called SA a (very) few times, yet I still don't know what language was initially spoken by the people who answered my calls: I have no idea what "Hello" sounds like in Afrikaans, and I have trouble understanding SA English, unless it is spoken clearly and in full sentences. <g> Cordially, Richard Kanarek Obviously not a South African <g>
