AfriForum’s said this judgment, which followed legal processes of more than five years, was of great importance to all Afrikaans-speaking students.
“This marks the beginning of a new chapter in the empowerment of all who are not first language speakers of English in tertiary education.
“It is fair to say that private educational institutions have freedom to offer education in any language of their choice, but to be used as the language of instruction at a tertiary institution is of great importance for the survival and continuous development of a language,” she said. Bailey added that when any language was phased out at an institution, the decision had huge ramifications and could not be readily accepted.The Concourt confirmed this point with the ruling and confirmed the right to access Afrikaans mother-language education at both public and private institutions for students of all income groups, Bailey said.
The Concourt held that Unisa’s decision in 2016 to adopt the new language policy and discontinue Afrikaans as a language of learning and teaching, contravened the Constitution, thus rendering that decision invalid. It, however, added that in this instance, Unisa as an organ of State must be afforded the opportunity to do the necessary feasibility investigations and then to decide what it regards as most reasonably practicable and then to implement the required changes.Pretoria News
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