Press Release: Most pupils choose English instead of their mother tongue - 7th February 2012.

Feb 07, 2012
Over 60% of pupils in South African schools choose English for learning and teaching, despite the fact that only 7% of pupils speak English as their home language, according to the latest South Africa Survey, recently published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.

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