List of co-signatories

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Afrikaanse Taalraad (Afrikaans Language Council - ATR)

 Dr Conrad Steenkamp, chief executive

 Michael Jonas, chairperson

 Dr Annelise de Vries, vice-chairperson

 Dr Louis du Plessis, board member

 Anzil Kulsen, board member

 Alana Bailey, board member

 Sinki Mlambo, board member

 Sonel Brits, board member

 Maryna Besseling, board member

 Basil May, board member

 Aäron Messelaar, board member

 Ria Olivier, southern project manager

 Merlyn van der Rheede, northern project manager

 Marekyn Kruger-Evert, communications officer

 Roné Wierenga, part-time officer

 Ds Willa Boezak, independent collaborator

 Drs Hendrik Theys, independent collaborator

 Prof. Wannie Carstens, senior research fellow

 Prof. Nico Botha, senior research fellow

 Prof. Jacques van der Elst, individual member

 Karien Brits, individual member

 Japie Gouws, individual member

Business and community leaders

 Basil Kivedo, former lecturer, education planner, executive mayor of the Breede Valley Municipality, and retired member of the Western Cape Parliament

 Breyten Breytenbach, author, Afrikaans-speaking South African African, Africanist

 Cerneels Lourens, lawyer and language activist

 Christo van der Rheede, chief executive of AgriSA

 Dr Danie Cronje, former head and chairperson of ABSA

 Pastor Danie Matthys and Jackie Matthys, Cherub Ministries, Eersterust

 Prof Dons Kritzinger, Emeritus, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria

 Doreen Musson, author and radio presenter

 Fatima Allie, presenter of the Afrikaans program Barakat on Radio786

 Dr Flaendorp, URC Macassar

 Dr Franklin Sonn, former rector and ambassador

 Freek Robinson, media practitioner and interviewer

 Rev. Gustav Claassen, Office of the General Synod of the DRC

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 Hein Koegelenberg, chairperson of Perfect Wines of South Africa, and chief executive of La Motte Wine Estate and Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards

 Prof Hermann Giliomee, political scientist and writer

 Rev. Isak Burger, URC

 Jannie van der Westhuizen, former rector, Paul Roos Gymnasium and currently independent education consultant

 Kabous Meiring, television presenter

 Dr Marlene le Roux, CEO of Artscape

 Martie Meiring, journalist

 Nico Scheepers, playwright and director

 Prof Philip Spies, Nantes Farm

 Rev. Pieter Grove, URC Kuils River

 Dr Pieter Mulder, retired politician

 Quinton Adams, Educational Psychologist, Shack builder

 Renaldo Schwarp, radio presenter, television personality and digital media expert, and also Koker winner

 Rev. Ronald Noemdoe, URC

 Prof. Sakkie Spangenberg, Dutch Reformed Church (DRC)

 Shihaam Domingo, owner of The Domingo Effect, producer of Die Riel Van Hip Hop and Fiesta winner

 Sulette Bruwer, academic

 Waldy Kastoor, former chairperson of the Atlantis Principals’ Association, trustee of the Rapport Education Fund (Rapport Onderwysfonds - ROF)

 Rev. William McKay, URC

 Rev. Willie Koopstad, director at Steinthal, reverend at URC Tulbagh

 Prof Willie Esterhuyse, Emeritus, Philosophy and Business Ethics

 Wynand Claassen, former Springbok captain and architect

 Rev. Zincke, Uniting Reformed Church (URC), Vredenburg

Linguists and educators

 Prof Angelique van Niekerk, Department Afrikaans and Dutch, UFS

 Prof Adri Breed, Subject Group Afrikaans and Dutch, NWU

 Prof Annél Otto, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, NMU

 Prof Elvis Saal, Department of Afrikaans, UNISA

 Prof Ernst (EF) Kotzé, Emeritus, Department of Afrikaans & Dutch, Nelson Mandela University (NMU)

 Dr Fiona Ferris, Senior lecturer, Linguistics and Modern Languages, UNISA

 Prof Frank Hendricks, Emeritus, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, UWC

 Prof Gawie du Toit, Dean, Faculty of Education, Akademia

 Dr Gerda Odendaal, National Language Body for Afrikaans (NLBA) and Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal - WAT)

 Prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, NWU

 Drs Hendrik Theys, Emeritus, Faculty of Education, CPUT

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 Prof Ilse (AE) Feinauer, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, US

 Prof Jac Conradie, Emeritus, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, UJ

 Prof Louise Viljoen, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, UP

 Marius Swart, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, US

 Prof Marné Pienaar, head, Office of Multilingual Services, UJ

 Prof Nerina Bosman, Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, UP

 Paul Haricombe, acting principal, Diazville High School

 Prof Pieter Duvenage, dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Akademia

 Ronald Balie, former principal and principals’ association of the Ceres district

 Dr Shamiega Chaudhari, senior lecturer, CPUT

 Seymore Bothman, Afrikaans teacher, Lanceaval Secondary School

 Prof Theodorus du Plessis, Emeritus, SA Sign Language and Deaf Studies, UFS

 Prof Wannie Carstens, Emeritus, Subject Group Afrikaans and Dutch, NWU

 Prof Quentin Williams, Director of the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversity Research, UWC

Organisations

 Alana Bailey, head of cultural affairs, AfriForum, and manager of Kraal Publishers

 Prof Anne-Marie Beukes, chief executive of the Afrikaans Academy of Science and the Arts (Die Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns)

 Audy Hendricks, chairperson of the Eersterust Language and Development Forum (Eersterust Taal en -ontwikkelingsforum - ETOF)

 Prof Bernard Odendaal, chairperson of PEN Afrikaans

 Basil May, president of the Railton Foundation, Swellendam

 Brand Pretorius, director of the READ Educational Trust

 Calvyn Gilfellan, chief executive of the Castle Management Board

 Cassie Aucamp, chairperson of the Voortrekker Monument and the Heritage Foundation (Erfenisstigting)

 Chris Klopper, head of the SA Teachers' Union (SA Onderwysersunie - SAOU)

 Chris Opperman, Afrikaner Africa Initiative

 Daan Potgieter, chief executive of the Afrikaans Education Network (Afrikaanse Onderwysnetwerk - AON)

 Danie Langner, head of the Voortrekkers and managing director of the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations (Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge - FAK)

 Danie van Wyk, managing director of DAK-Netwerk

 David Jantjies, head of the SA Education Support Trust (SA Onderwysondersteuningstrust - SAOOT)

 Dirk Herman, chief executive of Solidarity (Solidariteit)

 Eureka Barnard, chief executive of the South African Centre for Dutch and Flemish (SA Sentrum vir Nederlands en Vlaams - SASNEV) and the CJ Langenhoven Memorial Fund

 Flip Buys, head of the Solidarity Movement (Solidariteit Beweging)

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 Frederik van Dyk, Director of the Secretariat of Student Square (Studenteplein), Stellenbosch

 Hennie de Wet, Rapport Education Fund (Rapport Onderwysfonds - ROF)

 Hugo Vermeulen, head of the School Support Centre (Skoleondersteuningsentrum - SOS)

 Jan Bosman, general secretary, Afrikanerbond

 Jan Heunis, president of the convocation and member of the council of SU

 Captain John Witbooi, leader of the Witbooi-Nama tribe in South Africa

 Joris Cornelissen and Marc le Clerq, Vectis

 Dr Louis Swanepoel, president of the South African Teachers' Union (SA Onderwysersunie - SAOU)

 Marlie Coetzee, executive head of the Virtual Institute of Afrikaans (Virtuele Instituut van Afrikaans - VIvA)

 Marthinus Visser, chief executive of Akademia

 Prof. Nico Botha, chairperson of the Commission for Khoi-San Affairs

 Paul Colditz, chairperson of the Friends of NALN

 Principal Reggie Boesak, head of the Hessekwa Cultural Council

 Roedolf van der Westhuizen, chief executive of Mother Tongue in Independent Schools (Moedertaal in Onafhanklike Skole - MOS)

 Sonel Brits, chief executive of the Afrikaans Language and Culture Organization (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurorganisasie - ATKV)

 Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans (Foundation for Empowerment through Afrikaans - SBA)

Dr Niel le Roux, executive director Dr Sandra Prinsloo, chairperson

Prof Michael le Cordeur, vice-chairperson Ms Shihaam Domingo, board member Ms Zohra Katrada Areington, board member Dr Dirk Brand, board member

Ms Rochelle McDonald, board member and chairperson DoofblindSA Ms Karen Meiring, board member

Drs Hendrik Theys, board member Mr Johan van Lill, board member Dr Mvulo Yoyo, board member

Prof Steward van Wyk, board member

 Timo Gonnema, acting head of !AL-OM Stellenbosch

 Dr Theuns Eloff, Afrikaans Education Network (Afrikaanse Onderwysnetwerk - AON)

 Werner Human, chief operations officer, Solidarity Movement (Solidariteit Beweging)

 Prof. Willem Botha, editor-in-chief and executive director of the Bureau of the Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language (Buro van die WAT)