Cape Town – The constitution does not require the “simultaneous and equal use” of all 11 official languages for all purposes, according to findings by the Equality Court.

Judge Bennie Griesel handed down a judgment on Wednesday in which he dismissed an application to get all the legislation of Parliament published in all official languages.

The current practice is to publish national legislation in only two official languages.

The application was lodged by North West attorney Cerneels Lourens, who has also been described as a language activist, in his latest court bid for recognition of the “official status” of all 11 official languages.

He contended that the current practice undermined the official status of the other official languages and elevated English to the status of a “super official language”. More.

See: IOL

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