6. Responses . The University acknowledged the fact that its transformation had been delayed and that not enough had been achieved to change the public perception of its image as an Afrikaans Institution. The major challenge of the University is the infrastructure capacity to accommodate more black academic staff on its premises. . It was noted that the University had requested more funds from NSFAS to extend its support to low income students and some students were awarded top sliced bursaries that could not meet their expenses. . The committee was informed that the process of costing multilingualism is very expensive and the Institution would like further assistance to increase the number of mediums of instruction to include African languages at the Institution. . It was argued that there were various contributing factors to the low participation of black undergraduates. Firstly, most low income students could not afford to study at the Institution given the low percentage of the NSFAS bursary awarded to the Institution annually and some were excluded due to the medium of instruction of the Institution. . The University Council indicated that it supported the vision of 2015 and the Rector created enthusiasm in all faculties to work towards the implementation of the 2015 goals. It further argued that it was unfortunate that the language issue received a negative public response. . The Military Academy provides specialised military training to students who aspire to be in the South African National Defence Force