<Tr> <Td> Limpopo </Td> <Td> 2.6% </Td> <Td> 2.6% </Td> <Td> 2.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> South Africa </Th> <Th> 14.4% </Th> <Th> 13.3% </Th> <Th> 13.5% </Th> </Tr> <P> Post-apartheid South Africa has seen a loss of preferential treatment by the government for Afrikaans, in terms of education, social events, media (TV and radio), and general status throughout the country, given that it now shares its place as official language with ten other languages . Nevertheless, Afrikaans remains more prevalent in the media--radio, newspapers and television--than any of the other official languages, except English . More than 300 book titles in Afrikaans are published annually . South African census figures suggest a growing number of speakers in all nine provinces, a total of 6.85 million in 2011 compared to 5.98 million a decade earlier . The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) project that a growing majority will be Coloured Afrikaans speakers . Afrikaans speakers experience higher employment rates than other South African language groups, though half a million remain unemployed . </P> <P> Despite the challenges of demotion and emigration that it faces in South Africa, the Afrikaans vernacular remains competitive, being popular in DSTV pay channels and several internet sites, while generating high newspaper and music CD sales . A resurgence in Afrikaans popular music since the late 1990s has invigorated the language, especially among a younger generation of South Africans . A recent trend is the increased availability of pre-school educational CDs and DVDs . Such media also prove popular with the extensive Afrikaans - speaking expatriate communities who seek to retain language proficiency in a household context . </P>

Although this word is arabic this type of journey is done in africa