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South Africa:
The DA Comments On the Envisaged Stellenbosch University Language Policy
DA, 14 November 2015
The DA believes in building inclusive campuses, where students are not excluded on the basis of language or any other characteristic. We further support the constitutional… Read more »
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South Africa:
Students Win Language Victory
DW, 13 November 2015
The elite Stellenbosch University will now teach in English, the rector has declared. The move comes amid mounting pressure across South Africa to end the vestiges of racial… Read more »
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South Africa:
Dual-Medium Teaching Not Yet Fully Possible - Stellenbosch University
News24Wire, 21 September 2015
It was practically not possible for Stellenbosch University to offer parallel English and Afrikaans teaching in all lectures from January next year. Read more »
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South Africa:
South African Students Protest Apartheid At Stellenbosch
RFI, 18 September 2015
South African students marched Friday against what they call a 'culture of institutionalised apartheid' at their university, despite a range of concessions and proposals by the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Stellenbosch University a 'Mini-Apartheid Island' - Sasco
News24Wire, 18 September 2015
Stellenbosch University is a "mini-apartheid island" in urgent need of change, South African Students' Congress (Sasco), national executive committee member Luntu Sokutu said on… Read more »
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South Africa:
'Total Onslaught' Against Afrikaans - Afriforum
News24Wire, 7 September 2015
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's efforts to transform universities on racial lines were part of the "total onslaught" against Afrikaans, the AfriForum Youth said on… Read more »
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South Africa:
We Are Treated Like Animals At Elsenburg - Black Student
News24Wire, 3 September 2015
"These Afrikaners act like we're animals and they're still our baas. This place is like a little apartheid village," a black Elsenburg Agricultural College student said on… Read more »
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South Africa:
South African Students Protest Over Use of Afrikaans
Al Jazeera, 2 September 2015
Hundreds of students at Stellenbosch University in South Africa have protested against the Afrikaans language being favoured at their school, alleging that it promotes racism. Read more »
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South Africa:
Students Protest in Stellenbosch Over Language
News24Wire, 27 July 2015
Stellenbosch University rector and vice chancellor Professor Wim de Villiers has slammed a protest, which broke out in a lecture hall at the university on Monday morning. Read more »