The civil rights organisation AfriForum has with great concern taken note of the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa\u2019s, apparent plans to change the name of the Afrikaans Language Monument and Museum by removing \u201cAfrikaans\u201d from its name and to give the institution a, so called, more inclusive nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Alana Bailey, AfriForum\u2019s Head of Cultural Affairs, changing the name and focus of this institution will only further polarise communities in the country. \u201cAfrikaners and Afrikaans speakers have the right, like any other community in the world, to use their language and to heritage landmarks that commemorate their contribution to the history of the country. This is a right that is also recognized in the preamble to the South African Constitution,\u201d says Bailey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Afrikaans Language Monument and Museum is, according to Bailey, one of the most inclusive institutions in the country and has been building bridges between all communities for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMthethwa and other government officials\u2019 repeated attacks against Afrikaans heritage landmarks and the language itself unfortunately create the impression that inclusivity or nation building is not part of the agenda but only revenge against one specific community,\u201d Bailey adds.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Considering the concerns about the future of the monument and museum as well as the polarisation that the minister\u2019s planned actions can create, AfriForum has requested an urgent meeting with him. A poll was also launched among the approximately 301 700 members of AfriForum and the public in general to convey their position in this regard to Minister Mthethwa and the management of the institution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The civil rights organisation AfriForum has with great concern taken note of the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":181583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[800,810],"tags":[426,429,981,94],"class_list":["post-195464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-flash","tag-afriforum","tag-afrikaans","tag-language-monument","tag-worldwide-en"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":800,"label":"News"},{"value":810,"label":"News flash"}],"post_tag":[{"value":426,"label":"AfriForum"},{"value":429,"label":"afrikaans"},{"value":981,"label":"Language Monument"},{"value":94,"label":"Worldwide"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Taalmonument-2048x1152-1-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"AfriForum W\u00eareldwyd","author_link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/author\/dune-vanwykafriforum-co-za\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":800,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":800,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":494,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":800,"category_count":494,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":810,"name":"News flash","slug":"news-flash","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":810,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":800,"count":343,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":810,"category_count":343,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News flash","category_nicename":"news-flash","category_parent":800}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":426,"name":"AfriForum","slug":"afriforum","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":426,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":423,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":429,"name":"afrikaans","slug":"afrikaans","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":429,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":341,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":981,"name":"Language Monument","slug":"language-monument","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":981,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":94,"name":"Worldwide","slug":"worldwide-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":94,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":21,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Taalmonument-2048x1152-1.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Taalmonument-2048x1152-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}