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South Africans share why they sometimes don’t speak their home language

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Martin Bester has been wondering why some Afrikaans people choose to speak to each other in English. The conversation quickly broadened to South Africans as a whole, exploring why people sometimes opt not to speak to one another in their home language. This is what South Africans had to say.

29 Jan 2AM English South Africa News Commentary · Entertainment News

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