Please allow me to express my views on the unchallenged popularity and dominance of Afrikaans as a language in Namibia and its somewhat superfluous potential of becoming an official language in the not too distant future, if left unchecked.
The other day in Omaruru a fellow cyclist was spoken to in Afrikaans and he replied, "English only." To which the white folk (no discrimination) poked back with a question, "Are you Namibian?" I frowned at this and asked myself does Namibian mean I should speak Afrikaans?
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