Herewith the latest Worldwide Spotlight. This newsletter contains news pertinent to South Africans living abroad, but also interesting inserts from people living all over the globe. Feel free to forward this newsletter. Anybody can sign up for free.

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HELP! My teenager/adult child now suddenly wants to learn Afrikaans

I have a few suggestions and ideas from my own experience. Between 2015 and 2022 I taught four people to master Afrikaans as adults – a missionary friend from America, a friend from Serbia, the teenage daughter of friends from England, and my own boyfriend (who is now my husband).

It is definitely possible! It is in fact often easier to accompany a dedicated adult on the learning journey, than it is to teach a toddler struggling to focus. In this article I will discuss the advantages, as well as a few practical strategies I discovered with my “students”.

Out and about: an email from Bahrain

Out and about is a column where we chat to people who live abroad or who used to live and work there. This week we talk to Sigmar Rosenthal, a history teacher now living in Bahrain. He also shares some interesting facts about Bahrain with us.

AfriForum launches a comprehensive campaign against the Expropriation Bill

“We cannot allow the government to have the power to just grab any property they want. So AfriForum launched this comprehensive, multi-level campaign. Bills have already been stopped in their tracks during this phase where they are sent to the Council of Provinces and then the President for approval, due to public or international pressure,” concludes Van Zyl.

Business in the Spotlight: La Petite Patisserie

This week’s business in the Spotlight is La Petite Patisserie in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.
La Petite Patisserie listed on Worldwide’s World Guide free of charge. This guide allows people to support South African businesses abroad.