Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments

This paper discusses the structure of South Africa’s racially divided higher education sector and shows its development since the establishment of the first post-secondary institution in 1829. It also traces the key organizational changes that characterize the development of national political black...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Cele, Charlton Koen
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’Homme 2003-09-01
Series:Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cres/1517
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description This paper discusses the structure of South Africa’s racially divided higher education sector and shows its development since the establishment of the first post-secondary institution in 1829. It also traces the key organizational changes that characterize the development of national political black student structures and discusses student identity concerns. Finally, it describes important changes during the 1990s that provide insight into the current challenges student leader’s face. Principally, this suggests that student representative councils and national political organisations have changed from protest oriented structures to structures focusing on economic, rather than political issues.
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spellingShingle Gabriel Cele
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Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments
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South Africa
Higher education sector
Student politics
Transformations
title Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments
title_full Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments
title_fullStr Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments
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title_short Student Politics in South Africa. An Overview of Key Developments
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topic South Africa
Higher education sector
Student politics
Transformations
url https://journals.openedition.org/cres/1517
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