lecturers used the afrikaans language more than english. led to the history of apartheid, as reported from cape town, university managers have been summoned before parliament to explain. >> reporter: protesting students filled the university's central square, in the afrikaans heart land. it was viewed by many as the language of the oppressor, and the language of instruction here. now africaans and english are supposed to be an equal footing. the students say lecturers favour afrikaans. >> it's not a question of language as a teaching and learning tomb, but language and the way it was connected to institutional culture. and that continues in the spirit. >> reporter: many of the many that created the apartheid system went to this university, it was whites only once. the transition to being multi racial has not been easy, students describe incidents of racism on and off campus in a documentary called listen in afrikaans. the minister of higher education was to angry. >> there can be no institution showing racism... >>> the vice-chancellor says

the minister of -- afrikaans. the minister of education was to angry. >> there can be no ... >>> the vice-chancellor says the university takes accusations of racism seriously, firing a member of staff and excused a student using racial slurs. >> this is a place of transformation, we are on a journey. we are incomplete. >> in april an. cecil rhodes. they are supporting the student protest. what the students represent is a generation of outstanding. the juste says it will increase the number of black representatives and women on its governing body. it may not be enough to make the students they will they belong >>> south african city of durban will host the 2022 commonwealth games. the announcement was made at a meeting of the federations general assembly in new zealand. durbin will be the first african city to stage the games >>> more on that story and others head to the website aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. 2016, a fast-talking first-time candidate has been getting the lions share of the attention pt the other par

afrikaans is linked to the south african history of apartheid. as reported, university managers have been summoned before parliament to explain. >> reporter: protesting students filled the university. it's in south africa's av carna heartland. it was viewed as the language of the oppressor during apart height and used to be the language. now av carn and english is supposed to be on evil footing, but they say the lecturers favour afrikaans. >> it language and tool but it's about how it's connected to culture. >> reporter: many of the many that agreed the situation went to this university. >> the transition has not been eyes yes. students described institutions of racism on and off campus. >> the minister i higher education was so angry he summoned the vice-chancellor to parliament. >> there can be no teaching of racism. >>> the vice-chancellor says the university takes accusations of racism seriously, firing a member of staff and suspended a student accused of using racial slurs. >> this is a place of transformation, we are on a journey. we are in

afrikaans was viewed as the language of the oppressor, and used to be the language of obstruction. now africans and english are supposed to be on the same footing. >> it's not a question of language as a tool, it's about language and the ways they connected to the institutional culture that conditions in this spirit. >> many of the men enforced it. the stolensition to multi racial has not been easy. student described incidents of race. on and off campus in a documentary. the minister of higher education was so angry when he saw it he summoned the university's management to parliament. >> there can be no institutional that leads to racism. the university takes accusations of races. they fired a member of staff. >> this is a different place in terms of transformation. but it's - we are on a journey. we are imperfect. we are in complete. we are resolute and steadfast. >> in april, a student movement succeeded in having a statue of cecil roads removed from the university of cape town. and they are supporting the student's protest. >> what the students represent is a generation of young

there is that issue as well if you're not afrikaans speaking, you're not going to make it in the springsbox set up. for them to deal with this issue, we need to take politics out of this issue and maybe come together as real sports people and deal with this issue. the people who are affected by this issue every time they're excluded with those workshops because of these policies. >> serena williams continues her slam pursuit. >> the correcter. years ago when he was just a few months old he became seriously ill. the local clinic at his village had no idea what was wrong with him, so his family took him to a witch doctor. but after drinking an herbal possession, his foot turned black and his fingers started to fall off. his leg had to be amputated. >> there has always been a distance between me and the rest of society. when i was a child no one would play sports with me. they would say i can't play properly. >> this week he's proving them wrong. he's representing his country at an international twenty20 cricket tournament. a shorter version of the game. >> all these children will see this