Court rules in favour of English language policy at Stellenbosch
The Constitutional Court finds the policy equitable for ‘black students who are not conversant in Afrikaans’, but Gelyke Kanse disagrees
10 October 2019 - 13:36
On Thursday, the Constitutional Court upheld a high court decision that Stellenbosch University was correct in implementing its 2016 policy that gave preference to English over Afrikaans.
“This Court finds that the university’s process in adopting the 2016 policy was thorough, exhaustive, inclusive and properly deliberative,” the judgment said. “The university’s motivation for introducing the 2016 policy was to facilitate equitable access to its campus, teaching and learning opportunities by black students who are not conversant in Afrikaans.”..
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