<div dir="ltr"><br>Stellenbosch University rector agrees to meet with protesting students<br><br>The group was supported by UCT's ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement.<br><br>Some students and staff at Stellenbosch University want the newly elected rector to speed up the process of transformation at the university.<br> <br><br>Masa Kekana | 2 days ago<br><br>CAPE TOWN – Stellenbosch University’s Vice Rector, Arnold Schoonwinkel, has set a date to meet students protesting for transformation.<br><br>Members of the movement, Open Stellenbosch, today marched to the administration building and handed over a memorandum listing demands around transformation to vice chancellor Wim de Villiers.<br><br>The group was supported by UCT's ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement.<br><br>Students marched and protested outside the Administration building for two hours this afternoon.<br><br>The group refused to leave before vice rector Arnold Schoonwinkel came to discuss their demands.<br><br>Schoonwinkel eventually arrived and told the crowd he has taken a look at the memorandum, which claims the institution's language policy excludes students who don’t speak Afrikaans.<br><br>He says the university’s committed to transformation.<br><br>Schoonwinkel says management will meet with the group next week Wednesday to hear their grievances.<br><br>(Edited by Victoria Campbell-Gillies) <br><br><a href="http://ewn.co.za/2015/05/13/Stellenbosch-Uni-rector-agrees-to-meet-with-protesting-students">http://ewn.co.za/2015/05/13/Stellenbosch-Uni-rector-agrees-to-meet-with-protesting-students</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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