<div dir="ltr">South Africa: Language Dispute At Agriculture College Not Resolvedte<br><br>By Thomas Hartleb, News24<br><br>A dispute over language policy at the Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute in the Western Cape is ongoing, despite claims that "progress" has been made.<br><br>While AfriForum Youth said they felt "positive" about the way forward, the college's Student Representative Council (SRC) said they felt that non-white, non-Afrikaans speaking students were still being victimised.<br><br>The dispute relates to the language of instruction at the institution.<br><br>Classes were disrupted on Thursday and Friday last week by students unhappy with the implementation of the institution's dual English/Afrikaans language policy. SRC chairperson Sabelo Ngcobo said Afrikaans was being prioritised. They wanted classes to be in English only.<br><br>The Western Cape agriculture department is looking at the institution's language policy and has started mediation efforts between students and management.<br><br clear="all"><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201508191534.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201508191534.html</a><br><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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