Decrees on teaching in Afrikaans

• 1974, the minister for Bantu Education and development (Botha), made the use of Afrikaans compulsory from the last year of primary school
• Botha's successor Treunicht, insisted half of the lessons (Maths) be taught in Afrikaans
• Not all African children spoke Afrikaans, which was seen as the language of repression
• Children resented being taught in a language they did not know enough about to learn the content.