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<h1 class="">AfriForum Youth and Stellenbosch University to meet in court over language policy</h1>
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<div class=""><p>Stellenbosch University's language policy will
be in the spotlight again today when AfriForum Youth and the university
meet in court.</p></div>
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Published: April 15, 2016, 7:09 a.m.
by News24
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<p>AfriForum Youth is opposed to the university revising the current language policy.</p><p><br></p><p>In
2015 the university announced that all learning at the institution
would soon be in English as it was the common language in the country.</p><p><br></p><p>In
a statement, the rector's management team on language policy also said
“substantial academic support” would be provided in other South African
languages, according to students' needs.</p><p><br></p><p>When the
announcement was made, AfriForum Youth said the proposal disregarded
almost half of the Western Cape's residents who were Afrikaans speaking.</p><p><br></p>The
organisation in March filed an urgent application at the Western Cape
High Court and claimed that Afrikaans students had been disadvantaged in
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