The Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa recently found in favour of Stellenbosch University (SU) in an application in which Gelyke Kanse and eight other applicants ('the applicants') challenged the process SU followed for the revision of the Language Policy and the 2016 Language Policy itself. Some of the most significant premises of SU's 2016 Language Policy are that language should promote access to SU and also support the academic and career success of students and staff. In the judgement, Judge Daniel Dlodlo said the following about the Policy: “If one assesses the 2016 Policy holistically, one finds or comes to the realisation that it is proportional to the goals it seeks to achieve. I can think of no better and carefully crafted policy." SU has since been informed that the applicants have filed an application for leave to appeal the judgement. 

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