The DA said an opinion obtained by higher education minister Blade Nzimande has forced him to admit that the Afrikaans, Khoi and San languages are indigenous to SA.
Higher education and training minister Blade Nzimande has shared an opinion on the status of Afrikaans, Khoi and San as indigenous languages. The DA said once these languages are officially recognised as indigenous, they cannot be legally deprived of the resources allocated to developing and promoting indigenous SA languages, including at SA’s universities. File image.
The DA made this remark on Wednesday after it obtained a report containing the opinion of higher education minister Blade Nzimande who stated that the Afrikaans, Khoi and San languages are indigenous to SA. The DA described this opinion as a historic victory for the protection and promotion of SA’s cultural and linguistic diversity in general, and for the speakers of Afrikaans as well as the Khoi and San languages in particular.
The DA, which has been on a quest to force national government to recognise the indigenous status of the Afrikaans, Khoi and San languages, said the legal opinion was obtained by Nzimande on October 11 2021.