"For Afrikaans as a language of instruction, this is a major setback. The language's ability to subsequently recover at tertiary level is most limited if aggressive efforts are not made from Afrikaans ranks to keep it alive as a language of instruction. Being pro-Afrikaans does not mean being anti-English. For that we have empathy. This is about the official recognition of a language and everything that happens concerning it. This is about the violation of a basic human right, namely the maintenance of a language."
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Danie van Wyk of the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysontwikkelingstrust in Konstitusionele Hof dien Afrikaans ’n gevoelige slag toe, commenting on the judgement of the Constitutional Court in Gelyke Kanse vs. Senate of the University of Stellenbosch (2019), LitNet, 11 October 2019.
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