Charlize Theron sparks anger after claiming Afrikaans facing oblivion

Hollywood actor criticised by South Africans after saying controversial apartheid-era language not very helpful'

Charlize Theron has prompted anger in her native South Africa after suggesting that Afrikaans, a language descended from Dutch colonial settlers, was heading for oblivion.

There's about 44 people still speaking it ... it's definitely a dying language, it's not a very helpful language," the 47-year-old Oscar-winning actor said this week on a US podcast Smartless."