<div dir="ltr"><h3 id="gmail-DailyNewsHeadline">Ruling in favour of UP disappointing – AfriForum & Solidarity</h3>
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Alana Bailey |
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10 May 2017
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Organisations say university's new language policy comes down to a
gross violation of Afrikaans students' constitutional rights
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<p><strong>AfriForum and Solidarity examine court’s dismissal of leave to appeal in UP language policy court case</strong></p>
<p><i>10 May 2017 </i></p>
<p>AfriForum, AfriForum Youth and Solidarity are disappointed about the
court’s dismissal of their application for leave to appeal a high court
ruling made in December 2016. This ruling was made in favour of the
University of Pretoria’s (UP) decision that English will be the only
primary language of instruction at the university.</p>
<p>The organisations are still of the opinion that the university’s new
language policy comes down to a gross violation of Afrikaans students’
constitutionally recognised language rights and conflicts with healthy
educational principles, such as access to education in their mother
tongue.</p>
<p>The legal team of AfriForum, AfriForum Youth and Solidarity will
examine the ruling on the refusal of leave to appeal and then decide on
which further steps to take.</p>
<p>As access to education in Afrikaans remains a priority for AfriForum
and Solidarity, they will continue to have discussions with
international forums and experts in order to wage the battle on the
protection of this right in the international arena as well. At the same
time, alternative opportunities to study in Afrikaans are also being
developed in the private sector.</p>
<p><i>Issued by Alana Bailey, Deputy CEO, AfriForum, 10 May 2017</i></p><p><i><a href="http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/ruling-in-favour-of-up-disappointing--afriforum--s">http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/ruling-in-favour-of-up-disappointing--afriforum--s</a><br></i></p>
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