Johannesburg - The Afrikaans language must no longer be imposed on people and should be put in its place, EFF leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.
"There are some elements who think Afrikaans is more superior than other... local languages," he told reporters in Johannesburg in response to a question about Stellenbosch University.
"This thing of Die Stem in the national anthem is the one that perpetuates Afrikaner arrogance and supremacy."
Malema said the rejection of Afrikaans should have been resolved in 1976.
This was the year of the Soweto uprising when, on June 16, school children were shot and killed while protesting against being taught in Afrikaans.
"We should have honoured [those killed] and said the dominance of this language will not be allowed."