Moratorium needed on phasing out of Afrikaans schools - FF+

FF PLUS ASKS FOR MORATORIUM ON THE PHASING OUT OF SINGLE MEDIUM AFRIKAANS SCHOOLS

The Freedom Front Plus today in a statement asked for a moratorium on the phasing out of single medium Afrikaans schools. This follows on the application in the Constitutional Court of the Education Department of Mpumalanga and the National Department of Education for leave to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeals in March of this year, that the High School Ermelo could reinstate their language policy to single medium Afrikaans.

Mr. Andrew Gerber, FF Plus spokesperson on Education says this step has become necessary because there will very soon be no such schools left in South Africa if government continues on the road it embarked on in 1994.

"The intolerant attitude which the Department of Education has now adopted, is in shrill contrast with the overtures President Zuma made toward the Afrikaners before and after the election, and during which time he promised to address their fears. In fact, it draws a line through the expectations that the Afrikaner's expectations about reasonable demands will be considered with an open mind. We want to, for once and all know what the real objective of the government is with Afrikaans schools," Mr. Gerber added.

The government does not head what is happening in the outside world in this regard. True democracy means more rights for minority groups. True democracy means that one group does not dominate another group. In India, for example, cultural and religious groups have the right to have their own schools at the expense of the state. In South Africa minority groups now apparently have to pay for this "privilege" themselves.

The fact remains that only single medium Afrikaans schools are being targeted to change their language status. The FF Plus challenges the government to prove the opposite with reliable statistics.

Statement issued by Andrew Gerber, FF Plus spokesperson on education, August 20 2009

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Get rid of Afrikaans, and South Africa will be a Utopian paradise!! Yes, the ANC Educational departments have been pursuing a vendetta against Afrikaans and Afrikaans schools. Whether the courts will agree with the department that Afrikaans schools be squashed, remains to be seen. Somerset, Milner and other Anglo . .more Supremes etc may yet find themselves vindicated in their view that Afrikaans is illegitimate, and mist be quashed, and Afrikaners much be given the cultural death shot and forced into Englishdom. That will get rid of those Boors in a bloodless genocide, and solve all, ALL, of South Africa's problems... . .less by JVR on August 20 2009, 21:54 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Afrikaans Why not just ask Mulder to use his immense influence ( as the FF claims) within the Cabinet to stop all of this ? by witbooi on August 21 2009, 07:52 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

CHAMELEON As a non-African of 5 past generations, the Boere were stupid to believe him. They forgot Dingaan. 'n Boer maak 'n plan. Home education by group contnribution in Church Halls ! by old, female, paleface on August 21 2009, 07:59 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

If my kids understand isiZulu, then teach them that way! Another booger we have here. Having your children taught in the language OF YOUR CHOICE is the RIGHT of every parent, or am I daft? That said, I am not going to send my kids to a Catholic school when we aren't Catholic. That's my . .more choice, also. If a parent could afford sending their kids to private schools, which cater to what the parent deems important, then sure. But should it go that far? Short list of possible solutions: *The govt can spend (more) money on making all state run schools multilingual (remember that we have 11 official languages) <--- too funny *The govt can support our choices. Afr medium schools, Eng, Zulu, Xhosa etcetcetc . .less by Elizabeth MacLeod on August 21 2009, 08:51 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Afrikaans language This whole exercise by the ANC government is such a thinly veiled attack on Afrikaans. This is a racial thing driven by black racists who will stop at nothing to get rid of Afrikaans. Well, mr and ms black, you will find you are messing with the wrong . .more people here. We are for the most part a peace loving, law-abiding lot (which is more than can be said of most black people) but you touch our language, you will know about it. We will not take your attacks lying down, be assured of that. Just like many black people laid down their lives for "freedom", so many, many more Afrikaners are prepared to lay down their lives for our language and our culture in this country. The ill-placed trust that De Klerk and Botha put in the ANC will not be repeated, that mistake will not ever be repeated again. . .less by Unapologetically Afrikaans on August 21 2009, 09:58 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

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