afrikaans

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC admits Afrikaans mistakes — but AfriForum demands answers

    SABC admits Afrikaans mistakes — but AfriForum demands answers The SABC has admitted it made mistakes in reshuffling and reducing Afrikaans content over the last three years without conducting thorough research on the potential impact. Since 2023, the broadcaster has cut at least two...
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    Op soek na Afrikaanse speler vir Foxhole

    SAFF AFRIKAANS-SPREKENDE REGIMENT – NUWE LEDES GESOEK SAFF Faction : Colonial Loyalist Shard : Charlie Regiment : South African Freedom Fighters Time zones : West EU Language : Afrikaan/English Groete mede-soldate, Met die nuwe Foxhole update om die draai, is ons besig om ’n nuwe regiment...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Wanatu cuts drivers' basic salaries and adds performance incentive system

    Wanatu cuts drivers' basic salaries and adds performance incentive system Afrikaans e-hailing service Wanatu is changing drivers' compensation structures as part of a broader restructuring of its operating model and is revamping its app to address users' pain points. Unlike drivers contracted...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Akademia's R3.2-billion campus breaks ground

    Akademia's R3.2-billion campus breaks ground Solidarity's private Afrikaans university, Akademia, and real estate developer Kanton have broken ground on a new R3.2-billion residential full-time campus on the outskirts of Pretoria East. A sod-turning ceremony on Friday at the Mooiplaats site on...
  5. RedViking

    Is South Africa heading towards experiencing a White Genocide?

    Racially discriminating laws, farm murders and legalised "Kill the Boer" struggle songs aside, Is South Africa heading towards experiencing a White Genocide?
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Wanatu taking on Uber and Bolt — with Afrikaans-speaking drivers

    Wanatu taking on Uber and Bolt — with Afrikaans-speaking drivers A recently launched South African e-hailing service dubbed Wanatu has the tongues wagging for its policy of only employing drivers who can speak Afrikaans. However, the new platform, dubbed Wanatu, promises more than its unusual...
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    OpenAI <> Whisper transcribing Afrikaans

    Good day all, I am trying to transcribe audio from conversations we have with our customers. Most of the conversations is in Afrikaans. I have tried a bunch of AI transcription services but so far they have not been great. I currently use OpenAI's Whisper model to convert the audio to text from...
  8. M

    ZX Spectrum Afrikaans Adventure Game "Alfa Een"

    When I was a kid, I remember there was an Afrikaans adventure game for the ZX Spectrum called "Alfa Een" (at least I'm pretty sure that was the title). I've searched before, but haven't found it. It's not on World of Spectrum either. I'm just posting this on the off chance that the person who...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC's poor management behind end of 7de Laan — report

    SABC's poor management behind end of 7de Laan — report The SABC was forced to axe the highly-popular Afrikaans TV soapie 7de Laan due to poor management and its ongoing financial crisis. That is according to feedback given to Sunday newspaper Rapport by an anonymous source. The paper describes...
  10. Agent67

    ANC want to remove the Afrikaans from an Afrikaans-language monument

    https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-anc-remove-afrikaans-from-taalmonument-paarl/ https://www.da.org.za/2022/05/da-verwerp-mthethwa-se-haatlike-plan-om-afrikaans-selfs-uit-afrikaanse-taalmonument-te-verwyder
  11. losta

    'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming

    Incredibly, 25 years after the fall of apartheid, Orania is a place for white people only. .... The reality, however, is a disquieting and entirely white town, littered with old apartheid flags and monuments to the architects of segregation. While there are no rules preventing black people from...
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    Dutch Development Jobs

    I'm seeing lots of advertising recently on Facebook and Youtube by a Dutch based software development company that seems to look for Afrikaans speaking South African devs. Very peculiar angle and fairly aggressive advertising campaign this... is anyone here familiar with this company and the...
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    Afrikaans spell checker

    Hello everyone I am looking for a Afrikaans spell check for Windows 10, Office 2013. I downloaded WSpel, but (1) they do not have instructions for Windows 10 - and the Windows 8 instructions do not work. (2) When I completed the entire instruction, my system crashed and the spell check did not...
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    'n Verlore Verstand [PC/Mac/Linux] [Greenlight]

    Hi My BB community, We just wanted to let you all know about our new game 'n Verlore Verstand, we also started up a Steam Greenlight campaign and we would really appreciate it if you could give us a vote and spread the word as much as you can: http://bit.ly/1MAMGNN Also, be sure to...
  15. M

    Memorable password generator

    A while back I wrote a password generator based on an xkcd comic that highlighted a potential way to make more memorable passwords. I adopted it for generating passwords for all sorts of things, including passwords that shouldn't be shared by being shouted across an open-plan office. This got me...
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    Lesufi: Afrikaans schools use language to create ‘enclaves’

    Lesufi: Afrikaans schools use language to create ‘enclaves’ 2015-05-27 15:57 Sipho Masondo, City Press Johannesburg - Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has accused Afrikaans-medium schools of using language as a pretext for excluding other races from enrolling in their schools. The...
  17. Kevin Lancaster

    SABC asks why "everyone is concerned with Afrikaans"

    “Why is everyone concerned with Afrikaans?” asks SABC SABC television channels are undergoing an overhaul which has nothing to do with Afrikaans language programmes
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    Gmail now supports Afrikaans and isiZulu

    Gmail now supports SA languages Google has announced 13 new languages for Gmail, with two South African languages among them
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    Webontwikkelaar - Centurion

    Die pos is gebaseer in Kloofsig, Centurion by Maroela Media. Om te kwalifiseer benodig jy ʼn toepaslike nagraadse kwalifikasie en formele opleiding in webontwerp en/of programmering. Die volgende sal tot jou voordeel strek: ervaring in die ontwerp en uitleg vir WordPress-temaontwikkeling die...
  20. LazyLion

    Only a Minority of Afrikaans Speakers are White

    More black, coloured, and Indian South Africans speak Afrikaans at home than white South Africans, the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Monday. According to a recent SAIRR study, based on data from the 2011 census, only 40 percent of those who speak Afrikaans at home are whites...
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