Language policy
Nzimande hits back at DA over language policy complaint to UN
The party is calling for UN intervention to force Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and government to recognise Afrikaans, as well as the Khoi, San and...
Protestors have vowed to continue demonstrating until the school’s language policy is changed.
The department asked Hoërskool Overvaal to take in 55 additional pupils for the 2018 academic year and its refusal has now prompted legal action.
The Constitutional Court has ruled on the language policy at the University of the Free State.
As of next year the University of Pretoria will begin phasing out Afrikaans as a language of instruction.
The policy will require classes attended by Afrikaans and English students to be given in English.
UFS is phasing out Afrikaans as a medium of instruction, despite a court ruling that as unconstitutional.
If instituted, the new policy will see Afrikaans scrapped as a medium of instruction from 2017.
AfriForum & Solidarity want the university to halt the implementation of its new language policy.
According to the new policy, Afrikaans will be phased out as a medium of instruction in 2017.
Yesterday, a court ruled in favour of lobby groups to stop a proposed change to UFS’s current language policy.
The High Court ruled against a decision by UFS to make English the primary medium of instruction.
EFF Student command leader Mpho Morolane says he hopes management will adhere to the new terms.
It's been announced that from January, both English & Afrikaans will receive equal status at the institution.
The Gauteng Education Department is spearheading a new language policy.
Afriforum claims Afrikaans-speaking students have been disadvantaged in some faculties at the institution.
Academic programmes at varsities have been marred by continued disruptions.
Public Order Police have been deployed to several entrances around the campus to prevent disruptions.
Security is expected to be significantly increased following violent demonstrations and disruptions last week.