YouTube now in Zulu and Afrikaans
4 Nov 2011
Google's popular YouTube video service is now available in Zulu and Afrikaans. The South African version of the site, at www.youtube.co.za, was launched in May 2010 and was the first localised YouTube edition in Africa.
The Internet giant took the wraps off the Zulu and Afrikaans versions at its second annual Google SA event in Johannesburg yesterday, Thursday, 3 November 2011.
The company says more than 48 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute globally - a 100% increase in the last year - and that it's seeing far greater usage of the service in SA, too.
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