DA unequivocally supports English and Afrikaans as primary and equal languages of instruction at Stellenbosch University
10 October 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) unequivocally supports the use of both English and Afrikaans as primary and equal languages of instruction at Stellenbosch University (SU).
The Constitutional Court today ruled that SU’s language policy - which allows for English and Afrikaans to be used interchangeably as mediums of instruction for undergraduate studies - is in fact constitutionally justified.
The University’s language policy has been a contentious and often divisive one. Driven by populist and exclusionary narratives in an attempt to divide us.
The DA will not be drawn into these battles as they are not conducive to the project of nation building and reconciliation.