Christine Qunta is entitled to her opinion, but some
factual errors in her article ("Universities are Colonial Outposts",
The Star, Wednesday January 28, 2009) need correcting.
She says that English and Afrikaans are used as
mediums of instruction to the exclusion of African Languages. Ms Qunta, Afrikaans IS an African
Language. If you think it isn't, on
which other continent is it spoken? After which continent is Afrikaans named?
Ms Qunta goes on to say that "every year we see
only one or two Africans in the ranks of top performers". This is wildly wrong. Almost all the top performing students in South Africa South Africa is
not in Africa?
What Ms Qunta means by "Africans", of
course, is "black Africans". However, to say "black Africans"
would be to admit that there might be "white Africans" or even
"Arab Africans" too. Using the
term "African" as Qunta does, implies that no other races belong on
this continent.
This is the New Racism,
the New Apartheid.
