by AfriForum | Jul 15, 2020 | Media statements, Language Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is of the opinion that Afrikaans remains an essential requirement in the appointing of candidate attorneys. The organisation is reacting to a statement by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) and the Black Lawyers Association (BLA)...
by AfriForum | Jun 2, 2020 | Media statements, Language Media statements
AfriForum and AfriForum Youth take note of a document circulated by the management of the University of South Africa (Unisa) that announces that all staff and students at this institution henceforth have to know at least one African language. Both civil rights...
by AfriForum | Feb 21, 2020 | Media statements, Language Media statements
AfriForum conducted a survey among members during 2019 to determine their language needs when consulting health care practitioners. This followed in response to the disputable assumption of among others hospital groups, the South African National Blood Service and...
by AfriForum | Nov 28, 2019 | Media statements, International liaison Media statements, Language Media statements
Representatives of the civil rights organization AfriForum have been attending the twelfth session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, since this morning. The theme of this year’s event is “Education, language and the human rights of...
by AfriForum | Nov 27, 2019 | Media statements, Language Media statements
Judgment has today been reserved in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein in the appeal of AfriForum against the University of South Africa’s (Unisa’s) monolingual English language policy. This follows after the North Gauteng High Court had ruled on...
by AfriForum | Nov 27, 2019 | Media statements, International liaison Media statements, Language Media statements, Heritage and culture Media statements
Delegates of the civil rights organisation AfriForum will be attending the twelfth session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, Switzerland for the next two days. The theme for this year’s event is “Education, Language and Human Rights of Minorities”....
