Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Of Bantu Education'

This work is a descriptive phenomenological study of the experience of conflict that is lived by black teachers in the Bantu Education context. Subjects are teachers from the East Rand and Eastern Cape who have high school teaching experience that ranges from 1 to 15 years. The conflict researched was defined as those situations in which the teacher faced demands or expectations from different interest groups which were incompatible or negated each other. The Subjects of this research were six teachers who were interviewed for case material. The phenomenological case study design was used. Data collection consisted of in-depth interviews while analysis followed the phenomenological method developed at Duquesne University. This was an exploratory study which identified two major forms of conflict. The first exists between the teacher's expectation of teaching and the education authorities' expectation of how and what the teacher should teach in lessons. The second form of conflict identified is that in which the teacher's allegiance to one social group or ideology is violated by the teacher's participation in a system of education that negates his/her view about the South African sociopolitical situation. In the latter case the teacher is forced to comply with commitments or demands placed on him/her which negate each other. Van den Berg's theory of plural existence was used to inform data analysis and so was the theory of cognitive change and inconsistency.

Various political parties, civil rights groups, ministerial spokespeople and columnists support the view that one of South Africa's leading challenges is overcoming the scarring legacy that the Bantu Education Act of 1953 left on the face of the country. In the light of this a need arises to revisit the position and place of Bantu Education in the current contested interpretation of its legacy. It is apparent from the vast literature on this topic that academics are not in agreement about whether or not the 1953 education legislation was the watershed moment for ensuring a cheap labour force. On the one hand it would seem that the general consensus is that 1953 was indeed a turning point in this regard thus a largely traditional view. However, on the other hand, another school of thought becomes apparent, which states that securing a cheap, unskilled labour force was already on the agenda of the white electorate preceding the formalisation of the Bantu Education Act. This latter school of academics propose that their theory be coined as a Marxist one. In examining these two platforms of understanding, traditional and Marxist, regarding Bantu Education and the presumption that it was used as a tool to ensure a cheap, unskilled labour force, the aim of this study is two-fold. First, to contextualise these two stances historically; and second to examine the varying approaches regarding the rationalisation behind Bantu Education respectively by testing these against the rationale apparent in the architects of the Bantu Education system. This includes analysing primary sources in the form of parliamentary debates and contemporary newspaper articles.
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
Historical and Heritage Studies
MA
Unrestricted

Mission education in South Africa became increasingly untenable in the 1940s because mission churches lacked the finances to be able to maintain a national system of educational provision and because Africans were questioning mission education which they increasingly considered institutionally racist. This crisis led the Nationalist Government to appoint an education commission to make recommendations leading to the reform of 'native education'. This commission argued that mission education was incompatible with the ordering of society envisaged by the government. It suggested that the state should wrestle control of 'native education' from missionaries, enabling it to fashion a policy more in sympathy with apartheid. In 1953 the Bantu Education Act was passed which withdrew state aid from mission schools and made their continued registration dependent on the approval of the Minister for Native Affairs. The Catholic Church, able to raise the necessary finance, decided to continue running alt their schools privately. This decision was based purely on religious doctrine and meant that the Church taught Bantu Education in alt of its schools. Of the remaining denominations only the American Board had the resources to maintain a single privately funded school. Aside from a few politicised figures in the Church of the Province of South Afiica who refused to lease their schools, claiming that to do so was to compromise with apartheid, church leaders leased their schools to the government. This decision was made because Church leaders considered that Bantu Education, despite their abhorrence to its ultimate aims, provided better opportunities to children than an 'education' picked up on the streets. This decision was made with little, if any, consultation with Africans (parents, teachers or students) because church governing structures were undemocratic and racially exclusive, denying Afiicans any meaningful representation. Ironically, the decision to lease was in accord with the wishes of most Africans who reluctantly accepted the fact that Bantu Education, in the absence of any realistic alternative, was better than no education.

The thesis concerns History teaching in South Africa 1966-2006. Focus lies on the usage of History as a tool of power and empowerment. Primary sources for the survey are textbooks, curricula’s and syllabuses. From a theoretical perspective the thesis discusses power, usage of history and pedagogic literature. The survey is done in a qualitative, hermeneutic way in order to find, discuss and explain underlying structures in the collected data. The thesis results show that History teaching in South Africa was based on an idea of a shared historical consciousness, apartheid, which legitimised the hegemony of the white people. The educational system was an important tool of power and empowerment for the government. The apartheid ideology was reproduced by the pedagogic literature. Today History is a part of Social Sciences and the subject has a focus on natural sciences and technology, which results in certain dilemmas educational-wise.

This research study is based on both literature and interviews conducted in four provinces in South Africa from those who were teachers, students and inspectors during the time of the implementation of Bantu education. The aim of this study was to critically investigate the role played by the English-speaking churches during the introduction and implementation of Bantu education in South Africa. The researcher has used the qualitative research design as his guiding methodology. A qualitative approach was adopted by the researcher in which nine participants were interviewed about their experience of the Bantu education and how it impacted their lives and the lives of the African people in general. The key interest of the researcher was to critically investigate the role played by the English-speaking churches in either collaborating with the government or resisting the taking over of education from the mission schools authorities. The research methodology used in this study incorporated the use of interviews, observation, auto recording and narrative inquiry as sources of data collection. The interviews were conducted in warm welcoming environment with full co-operation and enthusiasm displayed by the participants. The researcher’s goal was to obtain a clear convincing analytic view of what transpired in South Africa during the implementation of Bantu education. The methods used to establish the findings helped the researcher to ensure the credibility and trustworthiness of the empirical investigation. The findings of this research suggest that role played by the churches in their response to the introduction and implementation of Bantu education was influenced by the views of those at the helm of the church and their experience of the apartheid system. Some individuals from almost all the churches were determined that the churches should resist the handing over of the schools to then government, however, the biggest dilemma was how to finance their schools. The research involved interviews with nine participants who uplifted the roles of their churches in the implementation of Bantu education. The stories of participants clearly show the relevance of the church in the field of education. The historical involvement of the church in education should help us to see their role as the agents and actors of transformation in the field of education. This study proposes the leading role played by the church in field of education and must be taken serious by those in the leadership of curriculum design in the country. The study would like to be an appeal, a challenge for the government in South Africa to embrace the role of the church in the field of education with total dedication and thus endeavour to make the role of the church known and appreciated. In other words, the findings of this study would challenge the department of education to see the impact made by the church on the lives of the people of South Africa. In addition, the findings will help those in power to see the church’s role in the field of education and the human response of high quality to God’s manifestations and God’s presence which is revealed in the provision of education in South Africa. The findings suggest that although the missionary education was not the best and perfect system of education but it left an indelible mark in the lives of the South African people more especial when it comes to morals and ethical conduct. The setting of this study is Church History. While this study begins by analysing both the written and oral interviews as a theoretical framework, its methodology is church history sociological analysis.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
tm2015
Church History and Church Policy
PhD
Unrestricted

This study was undertaken at a time when South African politicians and educators are facing the challenge of a major restructuring of the education system, and at a time when the the Methodist Church of South Africa is being encouraged, by some, to become more involved in the provision of education again. It focusses on the three events - the appointment of the 'Commission of Inquiry into Native Education' (usually referred to as the Eiselen Commission), the Report of that Commission, and the Bantu Education Act of 1954 which led to the introduction of the system of Bantu Education in 1955. Consideration is given to the responses of various 'liberal' and 'radical' groups to those events.

Orientador: Marilda do Couto Cavalcanti
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: O presente estudo é o resultado de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com um viés etnográfico interpretativo (ERICKSON, 1982; MASON, 1997), situada na Linguística Aplicada em sua vertente INdisciplinar (MOITA LOPES, 2006) e transgressiva (PENNYCOOK, 2006), com atenção particular em contextos de minorias (MAHER 1997, 2006) ou minoritarizados (CAVALCANTI, 1999, 2006), bem como no contexto sociolinguístico moçambicano (LOPES 2004). A pesquisa focaliza os posicionamentos dos formandos do II Curso da Licenciatura em "Ensino de Línguas Bantu" da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, em Moçambique e nos Institutos de Formação de Professores, com base nas disciplinas de "Didáctica de Ensino de Línguas Bantu e Metodologias de Educação bilingue" e "Estágio". O trabalho busca sustentação teórica nos Estudos Culturais (BHABHA, 1994; CAVALCANTI, 2007, 2011; HALL, 1992, 1999; MAHER, 1998, 2007; WOODWARD, 2009; SILVA, 2009) e Estudos Poscoloniais (APIAH, 1997; BHABHA, 1994; CAVALCANTI, 2007, 2011; LOOMBA, 1998; MENEZES DE SOUZA, 2004; SOUSA SANTOS, 2004). No concernente ao posicionamento, a tese sustenta-se em teorias sobre o posicionamento interaccional (MOITA LOPES, 2009; WORTHAM, 2001) e posicionamentos marcados como ideológicos (BORBA, 2011; MOITA LOPES, 2009). Neste estudo opero numa visão de linguagem dialógica e discursiva e no reconhecimento do bilinguismo e educação bilingue (CAVALCANTI, 1999, 2011; GARCIA, 2009; MAHER, 1998, 2006; ROMAINE, 1995) e, ainda, do letramento/literacia e e-letramento/e-literacia como práticas sociais específicas (BARTON, 2006; CAVALCANTI, 2001; FREIRE, 2002; HORNBERGER, 2003; MARTIN-JONES, 2010; STREET, 1984, 2003). Tendo os Fóruns de Discussão em ambiente virtual como foco principal da análise procedi à investigação dos posicionamentos dos participantes em seu processo de formação, visando responder a questão norteadora do estudo: "Como os participantes da pesquisa se posicionam interaccionalmente no processo pedagógico de sua formação como formadores de professores de educação bilingue?" Para isso foram escolhidos, para a análise, os seguintes temas vistos como importantes na sua formação: (a) bilinguismo e educação bilingue, (b) cultura, identidade, diferença e (c) pragmatismo profissional. Os resultados mostram que, na transição entre as aulas presenciais, o ambiente virtual e o estágio pedagógico, os participantes da pesquisa, especialmente os alunos, transitam entre posicionamentos críticos ou de aceitação, ideologicamente marcados como étnicos/linguísticos/culturais ou marcados como unidade nacional, na maioria das vezes, relacionados ao contexto moçambicano e indo além do contexto educacional. Assim, no que se refere a bilinguismo e educação bilingue há questionamento sobre hipóteses de ensino em contexto bilingue, principalmente, em relação a conceitos tais como bilinguismo equilibrado e semilinguismo, políticas linguísticas e direitos linguísticos. Quanto a cultura, identidade e diferença há tensões críticas pessoais, interétnicas e institucionais fortemente colocadas. No concernente a profissionalização há uma busca de espaço de trabalho legitimado por políticas linguísticas favoráveis às línguas Bantu e à educação bilingue
Abstract: This study is the result of a qualitative research, under an ethnographic interpretative perspective (ERICKSON; 1982; MASON, 1997) set on INdisciplinary (MOITA LOPES, 2006), and transgressive Applied Linguistics (PENNYCOOK, 2006), with especial attention to minority (MAHER, 1997; 2006), or minoritisized contexts (CAVALCANTI, 1999; 2006), as well as Mozambican sociolinguistic context (LOPES, 2004). The research focuses on positioning of those graduating in the II Teaching Course on Bantu Languages, offered by the University Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique and the Teachers' Training Institutes, based on data collected at the subjects: Bantu Languages Teaching Didactics and Bilingual Education Methodology, and Supervised Internship. This study designs its theoretical basis on Cultural Studies (BHABHA, 1994; CAVALCANTI, 2007; 2011; HALL, 1992; 1999; MAHER, 1998, 2007; WOODWARD, 2009, SILVA, 2009), and postcolonial studies (APIAH, 1997; BHABHA, 1994; CAVALCANTI; 2007, 2011; LOOMBA; 1998; MENEZES DE SOUZA, 2004; SOUSA SANTOS, 2004). Concerning its point of view, the dissertation is based on theories about interactional positioning (MOITA LOPES, 2009; WORTHAM, 2001), and those positioning marked as ideological (BORBA, 2011; MOITA LOPES, 2009). I carry out this study under a dialogical and discursive view of language, and the recognition of Bilingualism and bilingual education (CAVALCANTI, 1999, 2011; GARCIA, 2009; MAHER, 1998; 2006; ROMAINE; 1995), as well as literacy and e-literacy as specific social practices (BARTON, 2006; CAVALCANTI, 2001; FREIRE, 2002; HORNBERGER, 2003; MARTIN-JONES, 2010; STREET, 1984, 2003). Virtual Discussion Forums were the main target for analysis, and the investigation of participants on training process was carried out in order to answer the study's guiding question: How do the study participants set their positioning, in interactional terms, on pedagogical process of their own apprenticeship as Bilingual Education Teacher Trainers? The topics chosen for analysis, regarded as important to their training process were (a) bilingualism and bilingual education; (b) culture, identity, difference; and (c)professional pragmatism. Results showed that participants, on the transition between classes, virtual environment, and pedagogical internship, especially those ones finishing the course, ranged from critical positioning to those of acceptation, ideologically marked as ethnic/linguistic/cultural, or marked as national unity, mostly related to Mozambican context and going beyond educational context, Thus, concerning bilingualism and bilingual education, there is questioning about teaching in bilingual context hypotheses, mainly about concepts such as balanced bilingualism and semilingualism, linguistic politics and linguistic rights. Regarding culture, identity, and difference, there are strongly set personal, interethnic, and institutional conflicts. Concerning professional perspectives, there is a pursuit for working opportunities legitimated by language policies favorable to Bantu languages and bilingual education
Doutorado
Multiculturalismo, Plurilinguismo e Educação Bilingue
Doutor em Linguística Aplicada

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
The deliberate and sometimes unwitting complicity of psychology with apartheid social formations has received little attention in the psycho-historical literature. This, study in an attempt to break the silence, offers a descriptive characterization of South African psychology by tracing its origins, evolution, formalization and development to its ethnoscientific, colonial and apartheid roots. The study begins with an examination of the globalization of Euro-American psychology. The proliferation and domination of Euro-American psychology closely correlates with the emergence and globalization of colonial power that is intimately connected to the missionary discourses of conquest and conversion and to the doctrines of scientific racism. Western explorers, soldiers, missionaries, and social scientists are among the figures who participated in the occupation and conversion of the 'Dark Continent' of Africa. Within the context of colonialism, psychology became an enterprise of conquest and conversion that endeavoured to understand how people of colour, 'marginal beings', could be transformed into active subjects The history of South African psychology provides an illuminating illustration of how psychological discourse and practice may be employed for the purposes of oppressive social engineering. Besides projecting psychological intervention as vital to the alleviation of economic, social and industrial problems, psychologists utilized their expert roles in the Carnegie Poor White Study, in the Air-force and in industry and objects of Western racial and economic exploitation. The history of South African psychology provides an illuminating illustration of how psychological discourse and practice may be employed for the purposes of oppressive social engineering. Besides projecting psychological intervention as vital to the alleviation of economic, social and industrial problems, psychologists utilized their expert roles in the Carnegie Poor White Study, in the Air-force and in industry to rationalize and bolster White economic and political hegemony. The racial overtones that characterized the establishment of a professional association represents a startling example of how apartheid ideology was reproduced within the profession itself Unfortunately, oppressive discourse appears to continue to inform the research agenda, practices and theoretical concerns of many South African psychologists, thereby creating the impetus for the present crisis within the discipline. The crisis relates to, among other issues, the failure of Euro-American psychology to represent the psychological experiences of people of colour. Attempts at resolving the crisis are stymied by the production and reproduction of conceptual paradoxes within the fields of family therapy, community psychology and cross-cultural psychology, fields that are often portrayed as the solution to the crisis. Despite the increasing levels of theoretical complexity and ideological scrutiny each of these fields offer, South African psychology still faces various epistemological challenges and communieentric biases. A content analysis of 977 articles that appear in the South African Journal of Psychology, Psychologia Africana, the Journal of Behavioural Science, Psychology in Society, Humanitas. Psygram and the South African Psychologist confirms that the crisis in psychology continues. Details obtained from the analytical review show South African psychology, between 1948 and 1988, to be characterized by five features. First, Whites and males affiliated to the open liberal universities and Afrikaans universities dominate knowledge-production in the discipline. Blacks and women authors, especially those affiliated to the historically Black universities, tend to occupy mainly co-authorship positions at the level of publication. Second, the majority of articles reviewed are written in English. Third, whereas the bulk of articles analysed are empirical in nature, there is an increasing trend towards theoretical articles that examine the ideological and philosophical premises of the discipline. Fourth, empirical studies tend -to select subjects from both male and female gender groups, who are mainly White, and mostly affiliated to institutional settings. Fifth, research is dominated by an emphasis on conventional areas such as psychometrics, research methodology, industrial psychology and educational psychology. The more recently evolved fields such as community psychology and the psychology of oppression receive little attention. By moving to a point beyond critique and characterizations, the study concludes with an exploration of the dynamic quest for liberatory psychology, central to which is the formulation of an emancipatory agenda. An emancipatory agenda may well propel progressive psychologists towards systematically addressing the silences within the field, securing the centralization of Blacks and women at the levels of knowledge production and political representation and creating liberatory epistemologies.

The main problem being investigated is why there were such divergent views on the appropriate curriculum for ANC education-in-exile from within the ANC, and in the light of this contestation, what happened in reality to curriculum practice at the institutions. The arguments for Academic, Political and Polytechnic Education are contextualized in the curriculum debates of the times, that is, the 20th century international policy discourse, the African curriculum debates and Apartheid Education in South Africa. This study examines how Academic Education, despite the sharp debates, was institutionalised at the SOMAFCO High School. It also analyses the arguments for and various notions of Political and Polytechnic Education as well as what happened to these in practice at the school. The SOMAFCO Primary School went through three phases of curriculum development. The school opened in 1980 under a ‘caretaker’ staff and without a structured curriculum. During the second phase 1980-1982 a progressive curriculum was developed by Barbara and Terry Bell. After the Bells resigned in 1982, a conventional academic curriculum was implemented by Dennis September, the new principal.

The study outlines five areas of intervention in the development of women&rsquo
s studies and politics on the continent. Firstly, it examines the problematic construction and the inclusion of women in the narratives of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Secondly, the study identifies the sphere of intellectual debates as one of the crucial sites in the production of historical knowledge about the legacies of liberation struggles on the continent. Thirdly, it traces the intellectual trajectory of Charlotte Maxeke as an embodiment of the intellectual contributions of women in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. In this regard, the study traces Charlotte Maxeke as she deliberated and engaged on matters pertaining to the welfare of the Africans alongside the prominent intellectuals of the twentieth century. Fourthly, the study inaugurates a theoretical departure from the documentary trends that define contemporary studies on women and liberation movements on the continent. Fifthly, the study examines the incorporation of Maxeke&rsquo
s legacy of active intellectual engagement as an integral part of gender politics in the activities of the Women&rsquo
s Section of the African National Congress. In the areas identified, the study engages with the significance of the intellectual inputs of Charlotte Maxeke in South African history.

In 1835 the first American Board missionaries arrived in South Africa and a mission station was built at Amanzimtoti. Adams College, then known as Amanzimtoti Institute was established in 1853 by the American Board with the expressed ingestion of opening up a school on the mission station originally founded by Dr Newton Adams. Adams College consisted of a number of institutions; a high school, a teacher training college and an industrial school. It was one of the first African schools to introduce co-education, to teach mathematics and science to Africans, to provide matriculation and post-matriculation courses, and to give responsible posts to Africans. This thesis examines the goals, beliefs and strategies of early missionaries and the founders of Adams College in the nineteenth century. It goes on to illustrate the.influence of segregation and incorporationist ideals of those involved in missionary education in the early 1900s. Mission schools such as Adams College aimed at promoting a type of education based on European curriculum and models. Edgar Brookes and Jack Grant, prominant principals at Adams College, were well-intentioned and aimed at offering the students opportunity for advancement. In 1956 Adams College was closed by the government, as a consequence of the Bantu Education Act. This study interprets the transition from missionary to Bantu Education in light of the difficulties faced by Mission schools in the late 1940s.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1990.

This study entails a critical investigation into the issue and trends that shaped Black perspectives on education in South Africa in the period between 1652 and 1993. A theoretical-philosophical exposition is presented to establish the fundamental characteristics of education and therefore characteristics valid for every human being under any circumstances at any time. These characteristics were used to eventually appraise the issues and trends underlying the shaping of Black perspectives on education in South Africa. This study has revealed that the shaping of Black perspectives on education in South Africa goes hand in hand with the growing realization among Blacks that education is not merely a political issue but also deeply imbedded in the interconnectedness and/or differences between social realities such as the church, the school itself, teachers' associations, the news media et cetera. This should be accounted for by every citizen in a responsible way.
Educational Studies
M. Ed. (History of Education)

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education
'Ihis research report examines the position and role of South African history thought to pupils in Black Secondary schools between 1953 and 1988. This includes the perceptions of those who were pupils in Black secondary schools from 1954 to 1975, and the views of teachers who offered South African history at these schools during the period examined. (Abbreviation abstract)
Andrew Chakane 2019

This study entails a critical investigation into the issue and trends that shaped Black perspectives on education in South Africa in the period between 1652 and 1993. A theoretical-philosophical exposition is presented to establish the fundamental characteristics of education and therefore characteristics valid for every human being under any circumstances at any time. These characteristics were used to eventually appraise the issues and trends underlying the shaping of Black perspectives on education in South Africa. This study has revealed that the shaping of Black perspectives on education in South Africa goes hand in hand with the growing realization among Blacks that education is not merely a political issue but also deeply imbedded in the interconnectedness and/or differences between social realities such as the church, the school itself, teachers' associations, the news media et cetera. This should be accounted for by every citizen in a responsible way.
Educational Studies
D. Ed. (History of Education)

The study of music has long been seen as élitist in South African education, a ‘talent’ subject rather than an academic one. The country’s political history has played a significant role in this perception. Under the apartheid government, education in the arts was considered appropriate only for gifted, mostly white, students and a grossly inequitable distribution of resources placed the study of music beyond the reach of most students. The ANC government has declared educational reform a priority, but faces enormous challenges in redressing inequities of the past. This study examines the relevance and academic rigour of music curricula past and present, in the light of political influences; and the challenges that face schools and education departments in sustaining growth and development of music as an academic subject, accessible to all at senior secondary school level.
Music
M. Mus.

The study of music has long been seen as élitist in South African education, a ‘talent’ subject rather than an academic one. The country’s political history has played a significant role in this perception. Under the apartheid government, education in the arts was considered appropriate only for gifted, mostly white, students and a grossly inequitable distribution of resources placed the study of music beyond the reach of most students. The ANC government has declared educational reform a priority, but faces enormous challenges in redressing inequities of the past. This study examines the relevance and academic rigour of music curricula past and present, in the light of political influences; and the challenges that face schools and education departments in sustaining growth and development of music as an academic subject, accessible to all at senior secondary school level.
Music
M. Mus.

Eksamineringspraktyke in skole in Namibie is die fokuspunt van hierdie studie. 'n Historiese ondersoek is ingestel na die bree, algemene eksamenstelsels van die verlede. Op grond van die tekortkominge en gebreke van die Kaaplandse Onderwysdepartement-eksamenstelsel, is die noodsaaklikheid en wenslikheid van die herbeplanning en verbetering van die eksamenstelsel uitgelig. Daar is gefokus op die HIGHERIINl'ERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION-eksamenstelsel, ten einde vas te stel of algemene erkende opvoedkundige beginsels, prosedures en werkswyses tot op datum in die eksamenstelsel vergestalt is. 'n Uitvloeisel van die bevindings in hierdie studie is dat die huidige eksamenstelsel tekortkominge weerspieel, maar dat die historiese beperkinge oorbrug kan word Die afleiding word gemaak dat alle onderwysbelanghebbendes moet saamwerk aan verbeteringstrategiee ten opsigte van die huidige eksamenstelsel. Die hoop word uitgespreek dat die hele eksamenstelsel so spoedig moontlik, maar na deeglike beplanning, volledig sal verinheems.
Examination practices in schools in Namibia is the focal point of this study. An historical research has been done into the general examination systems of the past On account of the shortcomings and constraints of the Cape Education Deparbnent examination system, the necessity and desirability of the restructuring and betterment of the examination system is highlighted. The emphasis is put on the HIGHER/ INI'ERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION to determine whether generally accepted educational principles, procedures and methods have been embodied in the examination system. The present Namibian examination system is still insufficient. However, much can be done to overcome the historical constraints. The conclusion was reached that each and every stakeholder should work together to devise strategies for the betterment of the examination system. The author trusts that the whole examination system will, as soon as possible but after thorough planning, become totally indigenous.
Educational Studies
M. Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

This disseration addresses a historical-education analysis of events that contributed to the deterioration of a culture of learning from 1652-1998 among Black South Africans. Black education was purported to be inferior and unjust. The previous government spent less on Black education and applied stringent measures to solve problems besetting Black education. Dissatisfaction among Blacks led to rioting that unsettled the culture of learning, especially during 1970-1990. It was only during the 1990's that the Nationalist government under F.W. de Klerk, acknowledged the legitimacy of the demands by Blacks for an equitable and just education. After Nelson Mandela had been elected as the first Black president of South Africa, a single education system was formed. Control and administration of education was assigned to the nine newly established provinces. The provinces adopted the motto : Re a soma - We are working in our schools, for the development of a culture of learning, especially in Black communities.
Educational Studies
M.Ed.(History of Education)

This dissertation examines the changing perceptions which black history educators and learners have held toward secondary school history education from 1948 to 2008. The province of Mpumalanga is focused upon, although the perceptions held about history education by black secondary school educators and learners within the wider historical context of South Africa is also examined. It is argued that while the history education offered to black learners in South Africa secondary schools during the apartheid era was unpopular largely due to its pro-government subject matter, post-apartheid secondary school education is in danger of becoming increasingly marginalized within the school curriculum as it cannot successfully compete with a modern, technological and materialistically orientated society.
History
M.A. (History)

In this study, a literature review and qualitative research design are used in an attempt to establish the obstacles to the effective governance of schools in previously disadvantaged communities. From the research, it emerges that the SGBs govern their schools intuitively. This is because they lack knowledge of how schools should be governed. Various strategies to build the governance capacity of these SGBs are formulated in this study to assist them to govern their schools effectively. Effective governance is an important instrument that can restore order, protect the rights of both learners and educators, prevent discipline problems amongst learners and establish the provision of quality education in these communities.
Teacher Education
M.Ed. (Education Management)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English
Apartheid het die oorgrote meerderheid Suid-Afrikaners se lewens onherroeplik beinvloed. Dit is daarom te verstane dat dit in die Suid-Afrikaanse literatuur, insluitende die Engelse Suid-Afiikaanse jeugliteratuur, neerslag gevind het. Ten einde die studie in konteks te plaas, word in die eerste drie hoofstukke 'n historiese oorsig van die apartheidsera, Engelse Suid-Afrikaanse volwasse literatuur, en Engelse Suid-Afrikaanse kinderen jeugliteratuur, gegee. Die hoofgedeelte van die studie word vervolgens bespreek, en is in die volgende drie hoofstukke verdeel: • Die uitbeelding van sosio-ekonomiese toestande gedurende die apartheidsera, soos byvoorbeeld van afsonderlike woongebiede en aparte openbare geriewe. • Die uitbeelding van die onderwystoestande, veral van die Bantoe-onderwysbeleid. • Die uitbeelding van die veiligheidsmagte (polisie en weermag), insluitende die beeld van hierdie magte in die bree gemeenskap. Ten slotte word verskillende ooreenkomste wat na vore gekom bet in die bestudeerde Engelse Suid-Afrikaanse jeugromans waarin apartheid uitgebeeld word, bespreek. Daar word ook gekyk na die waarde van hierdie jeugromans.
Apartheid had a irrevocably influence on the lives of the majority of people in South Africa. Therefore it is understandable that it would be portrayed in South African literature, including the English South African youth literature. To put the subject in context, the first three chapters ofthe thesis deal with a historical overview of the apartheidera; South African English adult literature; and South African English children's literature. The main part of the thesis has been divided as follows: • The portrayal of socio-economic conditions, e.g. separate residential areas and public amenities. • The portrayal of the education situation, especially the Black Education policy. • The portrayal of the security forces (police and army), including the images of these forces in the broader community. To conclude the thesis, similarities in the youth novels portraying apartheid are discussed. The value of these youth novels is also looked into.
Information Science
M. Inf.

The Prefecture of Pella bought Heirachabis in 1895 and occupied it in 1898. This marked the beginning of the Mission in the South. The Oblates of Mary Immaculate officially started on 8 December 1896. They were allowed to minister among the Europeans and among Africans, not ministered to by a Protestant Mission. The first expansion was at Klein Windhoek, and at Swakopmund being the gateway to the Protectorate. The Tswana invited the Mission to help them after they had arrived from the Cape. Aminuis and Epukiro were founded. After 1905 the Mission was allowed to open stations among the Herera and Damara. Doebra, Gobabis, Usakos, Omaruru, and Okombahe were the result. Seven expeditions were undertaken to reach Kavango. After many failures the first mission became a reality at Nyangana in 1910. Just before the war the expansion reached Grootfontein, Tsumeb and Kokasib. In the South missions were opened at Warmbad, Gabis, Keetmanshoop, Luederitz and Gibeon. World War I scattered the African population of the towns which disturbed the missionary work. The S. A. Administration allowed most missionaries to stay. After the Peace Conference S. W. A. became a Mandate of S. A. In 1924 permission was granted to enter Owambo. The first station was opened in Ukuambi, later followed by Ombalantu and Okatana. In 1926 the Prefecture of Lower Cimbebasia was elevated to the Vicariate of Windhoek, while the Prefecture of Great Namaqualand became the Vicariate of Keetmanshoop in 1930. World War II left the missionary activities undisturbed. In 1943 Magistrate Trollop in Caprivi invited the Catholic Mission in 1943 to come and open educational and health facilities. The South expanded into Stampriet, Witkrans, Aroab, Mariental. The election victory in 1948 in South Africa of the Afrikaner Parties with the resulting apartheid legislation negatively affected the missions in S. W. A. After 1965 the influence of Vatican II became noticeable, while the pressure of the United Nations Organisation moved the territory towards independence. While initially the Catholic Church had been very cautious, in the ?O's and 80's she took a very definite stand in favour of human rights. She also became a full member of the CCN.
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
D. Th. (Missiology)

This study is non-empirical and is based on the conceptualisations and theoretical foundations that gave rise to the global issue of sustainable development. It also traces the evolution and meaning of sustainable development in the South African socio-cultural context, and shows how the legacies of colonialism and apartheid contributed towards the national policy of sustainable development. This study explains the reasons for the presence (or lack) of sustainable development paradigms in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, as well as their implications for the future development of the country as a whole. There is also an analysis of the effects of the liberalisation of the water sector on the citizenry, and how this can disempower millions of poor South Africans. Finally, this study offers solutions for the lack of sustainable use of water in South Africa. Amongst the findings and conclusions are the deleterious effects of employment equity, cut-backs in municipal funding that resulted in the outsourcing of critical services such as water provision, and the deployment of party cadres to local councils.
Human Resources
M.A. (Development Studies)