Portuguese language in Africa it. In addition, Portuguese creoles have often been (and often continue to be) written using Portuguese orthography. An important issue in discussions of standardization of creoles is whether it is better to devise a truly phonetic orthography or to choose an etymological one based on Portuguese. Portuguese language in Africa Portuguese is spoken in a number of African countries and is the official language in six African states: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea. There are Portuguese-speaking communities in most countries of Southern Africa, a mixture of Portuguese settlers and Angolans and Mozambicans who
Television in South Africa even less economically advanced countries in Africa had already introduced television. In addition, neighbouring Southern Rhodesia had introduced its own television service in 1960, the first country in Africa south of the equator to do so. Known as Rhodesian Television (RTV), its major shareholders were South African companies, including the Argus Group of newspapers, parent company of the "Rhodesia Herald", and Davenport and Meyer, the latter of which operated LM Radio, based in Mozambique, then under Portuguese rule. In the absence of television in South Africa, a radio version of the British television series "The Avengers" was produced by Sonovision