Sona sparks off Afrikaans tweet frenzy

All it takes is one person to start something and the whole country is speaking or tweeting in Afrikaans.

We were all here minding our own business and watching the Sona on Thursday night when all of a Sunday‚ our timelines were filled with Jan was skopping the bal and die hond was blaffing.

Many believe that Afrikaans twitter became a thing when President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about the recent oil discovery and people wanted to practise the language in preparation for land negotiations.