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<p>THE University of Pretoria confirmed a
proposal on Monday that all its lectures be offered in English only, in
response to protests against its language policy.</p><p>UP students arrested in those protests last week were to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday morning.</p><p>The
Tshwane University of Technology, meanwhile, planned to open all its
campuses on Monday despite talk that the group opposing outsourcing has
threatened to resume its protest on TUT campuses.</p><p>"We are aware of
the rumours, but we have sufficient security in place and we are
monitoring the situation," spokesperson Willa de Ruyter said.</p><p>She said all TUT campuses would be opened on Monday morning.</p><p>The
institution had been monitoring the situation all weekend, and it had
remained calm. It had also deployed sufficient security personnel to
monitor the situation, she said.</p><p>An insourcing task team was expected to resume talks on Monday.</p><p>Ms de Ruyter said the task team had already done a lot of work since its establishment in December.</p><p>EyeWitness
News reported on Monday that the #OutsourcingMustFall campaign had
vowed to resume protests if TUT management failed to fully uphold its
agreement to insource workers.</p><p>According to the broadcaster, the
two parties reached a consensus earlier this month that workers would be
integrated over a three-year period and would earn a minimum of R5,000.</p><p>However,
the movement said the university had failed to ensure that workers who
participated in protests were protected from facing dismissal and
victimisation, it said.</p><p><strong>New language policy</strong></p><p>The University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/protest-hit-university-of-pretoria-proposes-new-english-language-policy-20160222" target="_blank">proposal to offer all in English only</a> was posted on its Facebook page on Monday morning.</p><p>After
days of protests against its language policy, the university announced:
"Following many queries, the University wishes to clarify that the
proposed way forward on the language policy is that all lectures should
be offered in English only.</p><p>"To promote multilingualism and
student success, it is proposed that Afrikaans and Sepedi be used to
provide additional support to students.</p><p>"Changing the language
policy is a statutory process. These proposals have been supported by
consensus of the senate and will be considered by the council. Any
changes to the language policy also have to be submitted to the minister
of higher education and training."</p><p>Dozens of students were arrested for protesting at the university's Groenkloof and Hatfield campuses last week.</p><p>The
group is expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on
Monday morning and several of their supporters have used social media to
call for protests outside the court building.</p><p><a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/education/2016/02/22/university-of-pretoria-confirms-english-only-lectures-are-on-the-cards">http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/education/2016/02/22/university-of-pretoria-confirms-english-only-lectures-are-on-the-cards</a><br></p><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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