Many black South Africans aspired for and hoped for better education, but they did not receive it. The Bantu Department of Education's education act sparked widespread outrage in the Black South African community. The Bantu Education Department enacted a law requiring all black South Africans to be taught exclusively in the Afrikaans language. If they wanted any kind of secondary education, they could have it. Unfortunately, Afrikaans was an exceedingly difficult language to learn and teach. Many of the teachers had a poor education and did not speak Afrikaans, making it impossible for them to teach. Many of the teachers had minimal education and could not teach Afrikaans since they did not know it. Many pupils thought it was unjust that they could not learn English simply because of their skin color. Many other people were offended by this, so many teachers began teaching in English nonetheless, and students began refusing to write and speak in Afrikaans.
