Ismail Sooliman, Quaraysha Bibi2023-01-182022Quraysha Ismail Sooliman (2022) Entrenching Privilege: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Afriforum Jeug During the #Mustfall Protests at the University of Pretoria: A Case Study, Politikon, 49:1, 81-92, DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2022.2032914.0258-9346 (print)1470-1014 (online)10.1080/02589346.2022.2032914https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88878The #FMF protests at the University of Pretoria (UP) and universities across South Africa reflected a confrontation with power and an exhibition of distrust in democratic institutions. #Fallists consciously chose to challenge pre-determined notions of ‘the right to education' and the pervasiveness of gatekeeping and access. These were questions intricately linked with their past. On all campuses, including UP, the #Fallists encountered many challenges. At UP, students who had affiliated themselves with the AfriForum Jeug student society contested very specifically the ‘rights’ that the #Fallists were demanding. This paper involves a modest attempt at formulating the possibilities that have been opened up by considering the #MustFall events in light of the responses by white Afrikaans speaking students. In this case study, one of the challenges faced by the #Fallists at UP was the opposition they encountered from AfriForum Jeug. How was this tug-o-war to be read and understood? The AfriForum case study is particularly relevant since it has been significantly argued that a dominant motivation and rationale for participation in the #MustFall protests included a pushback against persistent inequality and racism.en© 2022 South African Association of Political Studies. This is an electronic version of an article published in Politikon : South African Journal of Political Studies, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 81-92, 2022. doi : 10.1080/02589346.2022.2032914. Politikon : South African Journal of Political Studies is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cpsa20.Fees must fallProtestsUniversity of Pretoria (UP)AfriForum case studyPostprint Article