SA Reacts to DA's Campaign to Make Afrikaans Equal at Stellenbosch Uni
- The Democratic Alliance has started a campaign to make Afrikaans as equal to English in different aspects
- The party wants this to take place at the University of Stellenbosch and have started a petition
- Many South Africans have raised concerns about the campaign but some do seem to be in support of promoting the language
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The Democratic Alliance has started a petition to have the Afrikaans language made equal to English at the University of Stellenbosch. The political party shared a list of demands on their website accompanying the petition.
One of these is that a new language policy be created to have English and Afrikaans as primary languages of teaching, student life and online spaces of the tertiary institution. The DA wants the policy to commit to increasing Afrikaans to ensure access for students wanting to study in the language.
The news of the party's new campaign and petition resulted in a few heated debates on social media. Many South Africans seemed to be frustrated that the DA is focusing on one language out of the 11 official languages in the country.
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Take a look at the DA's tweet below:
Briefly.co.za took to the DA's replies section to see what South African tweeps had to say:
@Anathi26 said:
"What about all the other languages that are 'mother tongues'? Afrikaans people are also an extreme minority in SA"
@Black_Indaba wrote:
"John doesn’t even qualify to go to Stellenbosch."
@DugoLindani asked:
"Why doesn't the DA use the same energy to fight for IsiXhosa? This party is not serious about securing the black vote."
@wonderb47521331 shared in response:
"Afrikaans cannot be special, most of your votes come from black people yet you are only fighting for a minority language aaaaaag sies maan."
Briefly.co.za previously reported on the DA after it claimed that the vaccine rollout in SA would take 20 years. The DA is highly critical of the government and slammed the vaccine rollout as a failure and human rights violation.
John Steenhuisen said that at the government's current pace of 5 000 vaccines a day, it would take 20 years for the country to acquire herd immunity, 40 million people need to be vaccinated to reach this goal - 67% of the population.
Steenhuisen said that more human rights abuses are in store for people living in the country as the lockdown restrictions continue while the government rolls out the vaccine at a snail's pace.
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Source: Briefly News
