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Do white South Africans speak Afrikaans or English?

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Most South Africans are descendants of the so-called Boere or the British. depending on where you are in South Africa, most South Africans can speak English, and many either speak Afrikaans or understand it relatively well. read more

In five years living in Johannesburg, I've hardly seen black South African speaking to me in English although I look like an Afrikaner (white South Africans usually speak to me spontaneously in Afrikaans). read more

In South Africa, there are some places that still support Apartheid, sadly. One of these such places is somewhere called Bloemfontein. In this province, lives mainly white Afrikaans people. Some of these people are strongly pro- Apartheid, and will not talk to you, unless you speak to them in Afrikaans. read more

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