Appeal Court rules in favour of UFS language policy
Bloemfontein - The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the University of the Free State’s new language policy.
The UFS adopted a new language policy in March 2016, which replaces Afrikaans and English as parallel mediums of instruction, and makes English the primary medium.
The SCA upheld the university's appeal against a High Court order which said the decision was unlawful.
AfriForum and Solidarity brought the application to review and set aside the adoption of the policy.
In a unanimous judgment presented by Justice Azhar Cachalia, the SCA said that the UFS’s conduct had been exemplary in the manner in which it had adopted and given careful consideration to the new policy.