Abstract

BRINK, Chris. Reflections on the taaldebat at Stellenbosch. Tydskr. geesteswet. [online]. 2022, vol.62, n.2, pp.412-424. ISSN 2224-7912.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2022/v62n2a9.

For twenty years Stellenbosch University has been at the centre of a public controversy about the role of Afrikaans in tertiary education - in particular the manner and extent to which Afrikaans should be used as a medium of instruction. This became known as the "taaldebat" - the language debate (conducted almost entirely in Afrikaans). For the first five of those years I served as the Rector and Vice-Chancellor ofthat University. This opinion piece is a personal retrospective view of, and perspective on, the "taaldebat" at Stellenbosch. It is offered as an alternative to the current narrative emanating from language activists, sometimes called "taalstryders".

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