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REFILWE GAESWE
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06:10 (GMT+2) Tue, 26 Jul 2016
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<b>Bloemfontein - The ruling by the Bloemfontein
High Court, which set aside a decision by the University of the Free
State (UFS) not to have Afrikaans as the medium of instruction, should
be challenged. </b>
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<p><br></p><p>This is according to the national spokesperson of the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN), Hendrick Makaneta.</p><p>Afriforum took UFS to the Bloemfontein High Court‚ arguing that its new language policy was unconstitutional.</p><p>Makaneta
says they are firmly behind the appeal made by UFS against last week’s
court judgment and hope to have a different ruling.</p><p>“Our fear as
network is that, if we don’t challenge this ruling, it will obviously
set a precedent. We have already seen the University of Pretoria, as
well as Stellenbosch University moving towards using English as the sole
medium of instruction from next year (2017). So, if this ruling
deriving from the Free State Province is not challenged, it will have a
bearing on all higher learning institutions across the country,”
Makaneta said.</p></div></div> - See more at:
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