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[Harold Schiffman]

 AfriForum, Solidarity take UFS language policy to high court
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[image: The University of Free State main building after it was trashed
during protests. Picture: EARL COETZEE.]

The University of Free State main building after it was trashed during
protests. Picture: EARL COETZEE.
If a new language policy is implemented, Afrikaans will be phased out as
medium of instruction at the University of the Free State.

Civil rights organisation AfriForum and trade union Solidarity will on
Monday approach the High Court in Bloemfontein with an urgent application
against implementation of the new 2017 language policy of the University of
the Free State (UFS).

In terms of this policy, Afrikaans will be phased out as medium of
instruction at the institution, AfriForum deputy CEO Alana Bailey said on
Sunday.

The high court ruled on July 21 that the policy was unconstitutional and
that its adoption should therefore be set aside. However, the university
management applied to both the Supreme Court of Appeal and the
Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against the verdict.

*ALSO READ: EFF wants all ‘former Afrikaans schools’ investigated
<http://www.citizen.co.za/1268110/eff-wants-all-former-afrikaans-schools-investigated/>*

While a response was pending, the adoption of the new policy remained in
place and the management could technically continue with its implementation.

Bailey said the honourable course of action would have been for management
to have halted the implementation – especially in light of the damning
nature of the judgment against both their actions during the adoption
process, as well as the discriminatory nature of the policy content.

However, the UFS did not want to give any undertaking of this nature.
Prospective students were therefore left in the dark about whether they
could register to study in Afrikaans in 2017 and also whether they would be
able to complete such studies in Afrikaans in the course of the coming
years.

*ALSO READ: UP Council decides against Afrikaans
<http://citizen.co.za/1174195/up-council-decides-against-afrikaans/>*

“Prospective students are being discriminated against most unfairly.
Registration time is running out and they need to know what their options
are. We will therefore request the court on Monday to protect their
interests on an urgent basis,” Bailey said.

http://citizen.co.za/1281489/afriforum-solidarity-take-ufs-language-policty-to-high-court/


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