For South Africans who still need proof of the ANC’s attempt to steer South Africa in the direction of socialism and communism, the latest controversy regarding the language policy for tertiary institutions is a good example.
Netwerk24 reports Dr Blade Nzimande (Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology) controversial language policy framework for tertiary institutions that exclude Afrikaans, Khoi, San, and Nama as indigenous languages, will come into effect on 1 January 2022.
Indigenous languages are – in the policy framework published in the Government Gazette of 30 October 2020 – defined as follows: “Languages that have their heritage roots in Africa (also referred to as African languages in literature and some policy documents) and that belong to the Southern Bantu language family, where ‘Bantu’ is used purely as a linguistic term. An indigenous language is a language that is native to a region or country and spoken by indigenous people.”
There have been attempts by various political parties and pressure groups to prevent this action and to include the above four languages.
There is currently great dissatisfaction, as both Nzimande and President Cyril Ramaphosa have recently indicated that discussions on the policy are still ongoing.
Mr Bennie van Zyl, TLU SA General Manager, says that the actions of Nzimande are just more proof of the path the ANC government has taken for South Africa and part of that is an attempt for education to take place on its terms.
“This is clearly part of the ANC’s centralised preoccupation with drawing power towards itself to reach its National Democratic Revolution (NDR). This language policy is just another way in which the ANC wants to implement it,” said Mr Van Zyl.
“The ANC’s ultimate goal is centralised control in a socialist and communist system. With events like these, the ANC is running strongly towards its NDR. The language policy is now in the forefront, but there are also the PPECB’s enforcement of BEE and the still imminent danger of EWC to name just a few.”
For TLU SA, it is very important that South Africans realise what will become of our country, if we get to a centralised government of socialism and communism.
“The ANC pretends that this policy will enable it to live up to its promises to its voters. Remember, the next national election is in 2024. Politically speaking, around the corner and our country’s people are longing for the fulfilment of promises. Promises of receiving … However, just receiving does not mean anything if you do not work with it in market-related principles. It is here and now where all South Africans must inform themselves of the facts. In the economic and cultural spheres – in every field – the ANC is sliding towards socialism and communism. Examples worldwide show that this system is not one that leads to everyone’s prosperity. Not as advocated by the proponents of it.
“Why does the government not give title deeds to RDP houses and why is there such an astronomically large number of people receiving social grants? These are ways for the ANC government to keep people imprisoned! It is because of the ANC policy that the country is in this economic position and there is such a great dependence on social grants. It cannot just be stopped now because there is a high rate of unemployment. For the economy to grow and to actively address unemployment, a market-oriented economy is needed, and this is something that the ANC clearly does not understand.”
TLU SA calls on all South Africans to stay alert, to know your history, to learn about economic systems. “Do not just ‘eat’ everything that is fed to you. Do not be so unaware of the danger to your country that when you finally realise, it is too late.”
