Bela Act Clauses Part Of Revenge Project Against Afrikaans Zille

Democratic Alliance DA Federal Council Chairperson, Helen Zille says two clauses of the Basic Education Laws Amendment BELA Act are part of a revenge project against Afrikaans.

This comes after Deputy President, Paul Mashatile said President Cyril Ramaphosa was set to announce the outcome of the government of national unitys GNU discussions on the BELA Act .

Zille says parallel-medium streams at schools are used as an excuse for eradicating Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.

She says, "So weve seen that at schools that have had parallel- medium streams, the school has very quickly turned to become only English. Same thing at universities. Stellenbosch used to be an Afrikaans-speaking university in a majority Afrikaans speaking province with a majority of Afrikaans speakers who are not white. Stellenbosch also said they were going to get parallel -medium programme going, English and Afrikaans well of course now it's only English. Exactly the same thing at the University of Free State UFS, Exactly the same thing at the University of Pretoria UP. Basically it's used as a means of eradicating Afrikaans."

Zille says despite the disagreements with the African National Congress ANC on the BELA Act, negotiations around the two clauses have been constructive.