Stellenbosch University has hit back at accusations on social media that its council is using the university's language policy to oppose transformation. On Monday the council voted overwhelmingly against a proposal by management to make English the main language of instruction.On Twitter Emil Engel posted: "Here's the Executive of Stellenbosch University Council. Nuff said," adding a picture supposedly of the university's executive council with the faces of six white men, and their names.iMpumelelo posted: "When the council of Stellenbosch protects the interest of their afrikaners. We see you."The university's Student Representative Council was also unimpressed. "We are afraid that the motion regarding language implies no real change at the university, ultimately resulting in many students [remaining] excluded on this campus," said spokesman James de Villiers."The SRC reaffirms our call for parallel-medium teaching, with English as the primary medium of communication."Council chairman George Steyn said late yesterday that the council "unequivocally" supported transformation at the university, and agreed that language should never be an obstacle to any student who wanted to study there.The "misconception" that it did not want more English classes stemmed from the council's earlier statement that the "Afrikaans undergraduate academic offering should also be increased"."According to (vice-chancellor) Wim de Villiers there is a misconception that an increase in modules in one language ... means it would be at the expense of the other language. As the parallel-medium model implies, the objective is ... to offer more modules in both Afrikaans and English."Stellenbosch is not an Afrikaans university; Stellenbosch is not an English university; Stellenbosch is not an isiXhosa university; Stellenbosch is a multilingual South African university."..