The DA party argues Afrikaans education will be harmed, while the ANC says law is necessary to redress inequality
South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has given his coalition partners time to suggest a different approach to a new education law.South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has given his coalition partners time to suggest a different approach to a new education law.
“We have seen cases of learners being denied admissions to schools because of their language policies,” Ramaphosa, the leader of the African National Congress, the country’s largest party, said before signing the bill, which was passed before May’s elections. “The bill is part of the states’ ongoing effort to build an education system that is more effective and more equitable.
Language and education have a tortuous history in South Africa. When the Boer war ended in 1902, Afrikaans became a form of resistance among white Afrikaners to British colonial rule and English education.
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