House Chair, Deputy Minister, the irony of the question is that it exclusively singles out Afrikaans amongst other languages, although there is a constitutional injunction that makes all languages equal in the country, to start with. However, has government made a decision on what language is suitable for national and international students that come to our country or institutions of higher learning, and if there is a particular language that government has taken a position on, what would that language be? Thank you.
The DEPUTY MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY: There is no preference of any specific language. The intention of our department, and as I said, that should be the intention for all of us, is to promote all languages and the use of all our languages for purposes of learning and teaching in our institutions.