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ANDRE GROBLER
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17:05 (GMT+2) Thu, 03 Nov 2016
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<b>Bloemfontein - Aspects such as irreparable
harm and prejudice suffered by a party must be based on facts, the
Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) heard on Thursday. </b>
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<p><br></p><p>This was submitted by counsel of
the University of the Free State (UFS) in argument in their appeal
hearing in the SCA on Thursday.</p><p>A full bench of five judges was
hearing argument in the appeal against High Court judgments in favour of
AfriForum and Solidarity regarding the implementation of the
university's new language policy for 2017. The new policy will
eventually result in English being the mainstream instruction language
on campus.</p><p>Counsel for the UFS, Jeremy Gauntlett, argued among
others that the lower court has overlooked a crucial fact in its case
and in judgment in that the new policy will be implemented on a pilot
basis. He argued that AfriForum has failed to show that students in
these three pilot faculties will suffer irreparable harm from next year.</p><p>AfriForum's
counsel, Johan du Toit, submitted the civil right group's litigation
was not premature. He was answering questions from the bench on missing
aspects of prejudice towards AfriForum and Solidarity in their papers.
The judges wanted to know whether the aspect of prejudice will not
happen after the language policy is implemented. Several students and
academic personnel attended the hearing at court.</p><p>The court's judgment was reserved for a later date.</p></div></div>
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