Inkatha Freedom Party chief whip Koos van der Merwe has accused the ANC government of vandalising Afrikaans.<\/p>\n
“The ANC is continuing its cultural vandalism of Afrikaans,” he said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
“The latest blatant example is government placing six full pages of advertising for vacant positions in Rapport [newspaper] of Sunday 15 July 2012 — all only in English.”<\/p>\n
Van der Merwe said he had urgently placed questions on Parliament’s order paper asking why English had been used in an Afrikaans newspaper.<\/p>\n
The questions were put to the ministers of local government, arts and culture, social development, transport, tourism, and public enterprises.<\/p>\n
He wanted to know, among other things, whether the adverts in only English “are aimed at eliminating prospective Afrikaans applicants”.<\/p>\n
“It is becoming clearer by the day that the ANC is vandalising Afrikaans and Afrikaner culture,” Van der Merwe said.<\/p>\n
“It is not only happening to our language, but also to Afrikaans schools, [which are] being turned into English schools.”<\/p>\n
Correspondence by state departments was being conducted almost exclusively in English.<\/p>\n
Hardly one percent of court reports were now in Afrikaans, while this used to be almost 50 percent, he said.<\/p>\n
The ANC was not immediately available for comment. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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