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Students march at Stellenbosch University earlier this year

A South African university sheds the language of apartheid

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Student protesters in South Africa are chalking up another victory in their “decolonization” campaign. Stellenbosch University, once a bastion of apartheid ideology, has agreed to stop teaching in Afrikaans and switch to English as the main language of instruction.

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