<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-article-title">Fight for Afrikaans at universities hotting up</h1>
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<div class="excerpt-1"><p>The fight for retaining Afrikaans as medium of
instruction at South African universities is far from over despite
earlier setbacks in court hearings.</p>
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</div></div><p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">Minority rights group
AfriForum and trade union Solidarity have now won an application for
leave to appeal an earlier court ruling by the North Gauteng High Court
against the use of Afrikaans as primary medium of instruction at the
University of Pretoria (UP). Yet, the case can only be heard after a
similar case is heard about Afrikaans at the University of The Free
State (UFS). </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">AfriForum says in a statement it has won
leave to appeal the earlier ruling by the the North Gauteng High Court
to accept the new language policy of the University of Pretoria (UP) but
this appeal can only be heard once the Highest Court of Appeal delivers
judgement in a similar case of AfriForum and Solidarity against the
newly accepted language policy of the management of the University of
the Free State (UFS).</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">Both cases deal with the phasing out of Afrikaans as primary language of instruction at the two institutions.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">The above-mentioned decision is welcomed
by both apposing parties. “Even though the cases of the two universities
display differences, both are about the wider principles of vindicating
language rights, the right to mother tongue education, as well as
stipulations of the Constitution and other South African legislation in
this regard,” AfriForum says in a statement.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">The judgement in the UFS appeal case will
identify important arguments and principles. By reserving judgement in
the ruling regarding permission for leave to appeal in the UP case, an
opportunity is presented to AfriForum and Solidarity to also update
their arguments in the case and subsequently include it.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2"><span class="gmail-s1">AfriForum and Solidarity will take any
steps necessary for the protection and vindication of the rights of
Afrikaans students to study in their mother tongue. Members of AfriForum
Youth who study at the UP also observed today’s proceeding with great
interest and once again emphasised that Afrikaans education is of great
interest to them.</span></p>
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