The council is facing a critical decision, whether or not to support a proposal by Rector Wim de Villiers to make English the primary language of communication at the university.
The council is widely expected to debate the issue during today’s meeting.
Solidarity says more than 30,000 alumni and other stakeholders, in collaboration with the union, participated in the referendum on the retention of Afrikaans.
Student activists associated with Open Stellenbosch have been protesting against the university’s language policy, arguing it excludes black students.
