Tito Mboweni: We will regret phasing out Afrikaans at Tuks
25 January 2019
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Thursday came out against the decision by the University of Pretoria (UP) to phase out Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.
The traditionally Afrikaans university announced that English would be used as its primary language at all its campuses.
While students who registered before 2019 would still be given the option to be instructed in Afrikaans, those newly registered will attend English-only classes.
Mboweni tweeted: "I publicly, and in my personal capacity, DISAGREE, with the phasing out of Afrikaans as one of the mediums of teaching at the University of Pretoria. As a country, you are shooting yourselves down. You will regret it in 30 years’ time."