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UFS suspends training of students at Pelonomi Hospital amid safety concerns
There had been at least two incidents this week of doctors being attacked on the hospital’s premises.
AfriForum says it believes the ruling on new language policy at the University of the Free State contravenes language rights and best practices for education.
The University of the Free State has welcomed Friday’s judgement by the Constitutional Court in favour of the university’s language policy.
The Constitutional Court has ruled on the language policy at the University of the Free State.
SRC confirmed 32 students were arrested after classes were disrupted due to clashes with police.
Earlier, the SRC confirmed that 22 students were apprehended for their involvement in the protests.
There have been protests around the country after students rejected the 8% cap on fee increment.
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’s Alana Bailey says many parents and their children are uncertain about what to do next year.
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.
Jansen has accepted a fellowship at Stanford University in the US. He will step down in August.
Afrikaans will no longer be the primary medium of instruction starting in 2017.
The tournament will resume this coming Monday but will be played without spectators.
Students are demanding Vice Chancellor Jonathan Jansen step down.
The SAHRC is leading the investigation regarding the week-long violence and racial tension at the university.
As talks between University of the Free State students & management remain at a deadlock over transformation issues on campus, tensions reached a new high on Thursday.
Students rejected management’s response to their demand that vice chancellor Jonathan Jansen should resign.