Afrikaans Scrapped At South Africa S University Of Pretoria Bbc News Afrikaans scrapped at south africa's university of pretoria. 25 january 2019. afp. student protesters had complained that afrikaans was the language of apartheid. a top south african university. The university of pretoria told the bbc it needed to "transform the culture" to make it "truly south african". english is the preferred language of instruction for many in south africa. afrikaans language policy has historically been used to exclude black learners in a country where racism remains deeply embedded 25 years after white minority.
Afrikaans Scrapped At South Africa S University Of Pretoria Bbc News Johannesburg (ap) — a south african university had to shut down its campuses friday after violent protests over the use of afrikaans as an official teaching language — a demonstration that echoed students' demands during apartheid decades ago. at the university of pretoria, student members of the economic freedom fighters opposition party came to blows with afriforum, an afrikaner cultural. Demand for afrikaans language teaching is falling, according to the university of pretoria, which says 85% of its students came from afrikaans speaking households in 1992, dropping to 30% in 2015. A top south african university has dropped afrikaans as its official ghana business news bbc africa 2019 » afrikaans scrapped at south africa’s university. April 18, 2019. 1share. south africa’s university of pretoria has begun phasing out afrikaans as its official teaching language and replacing it with english. this move is the result of a 2016 decision made in response to student protests that decried afrikaans as a barrier to black students’ learning and sense of belonging at the university.
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