The attitudes of Sotho, English and Afrikaans high school pupils towards diferent varieties of Black South Afiican English (BSAE) are investigated in this article. In view of the changing status of speakers of BSAE, the expectation is that at least in the eyes of black users of English in South Afiica the status of BSAE should increase. The findings are that BSAE has gained status in the eyes of the Sotho participants, but on the whole English and Afrikaans participants are still more favourably inclined toward White South African English. Nevertheless, all three groups of participants r-eveal sensitivity towards diferent subvarieties of BSAE, preferring the acrolectal form to the mesolectal form, and all are unanimous in their negative attitude towards basilectal BSAE. Die houdings van Sotho, Engelse en Afiikaanse hoerskoolleerlinge teenoor verskillende varieteite van Swart Suid-Afrikaanse Engels (SSAE) word in hierdie artikel ondersoek. In die lig van die veranderende status van sprekers vun SSAE, ten minste in die oe van swart gebruikers van Engels in Suid-Afrika, word daar venvag dat die status van SSAE sal verhoog. Daar word bevind dat SSAE we1 verhoogde aansien in die oe van die Sotho-deelnemers geniet, maar dat die Afrikaanse en Engelse deelnemers s feeds meer positief is teenoor Wit Suid-Afrikaanse Engels. Nietemin vertoon a1 drie groepe deelnemers sensitiwiteit teenoor die verskillende sirbvarieteite van SSAE, waar die akrolektiese vorm bo die mesolektiese vortn verkies word Alma1 is egter eensgesind in hulle negatiewe hoiiding teenoor basilektiese SSAE. #