It is astonishing that Mary Metcalfe, whose educational legacy in Gauteng was characterised by one foolish, abandoned experiment after the other, should pontificate on the issue of Afrikaans schools (“War talk won’t end language row”, June 5). The … Read the rest
Tag: Barbara Creecy
Clinton funds conflict in Syria, Baltimore and now South Africa
The Hillary Clinton Diaspora Foundation supports the homecomingrevolution.com in South Africa. Their spokesperson Angel Jones is a Board Member of Roedean School. This private English school, one of the oldest and most expensive Anglican institutions in South Africa, features prominently … Read the rest
Europeans and Americans, Afrikaners and English
by Dan Roodt
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I have just read an interesting article by Matthew Contessini, claiming that Europeans are “more pro-white than Americans”. The piece is full of speculative insights that … Read the rest
Hands off Afrikaans please
On behalf of the Pro-Afrikaans Action Group (Praag) and all Afrikaans speakers in the country, I strongly object to your sensationalist headline: “My child hates Afrikaans people” (City Press, May 5).
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Englishwoman wants to anglicise Afrikaans schools
Barbara Creecy, the MEC for Education in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has launched an all-out attack on Afrikaans high schools by threatening principals and busing in “English” (black) children to Fochville Hoërskool.
Ms. Creecy studied at the exclusive … Read the rest