Afrikaans-only varsity not permitted Sapa, The New Age, Johannesburg, 1 December 2014 Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande will have private university Academia's registration withdrawn if it remains exclusively Afrikaans it was reported in an Afrikaans Sunday newspaper. "If that is the case, we will withdraw their registration. "I will not even apologise for it," Nzimande said. He said he would not allow a university to refuse admission - even on the grounds of language. "There is unfortunately no place for racist institutions, no place. "We will not allow such an institution." Academia, which is associated with trade union Solidarity offers university education to students who wish to study in Afrikaans. None of the historically Afrikaans universities, Pretoria, Stellenbosch, Free State, Potchefstroom and Johannesburg (previously Rand Afrikaans University) are exclusively Afrikaans. In an interview with the Afrikaans language Sunday newspaper, Nzimande, who is also leader of the SA Communist Party, repeated his view that he wants universities to reflect a rainbow nation, with admission guaranteed, regardless of language. He said it was not a stand against Afrikaans as a language, which he respected. "It is our own language. We don't want to destroy it." From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/144690-1007-53-Afrikaansonly_varsity_not_permitte d__report -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
