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• W90484908 abstract "Introduction Conflict-free families, organisations or nations do not exist (Van de Vliert, 1997:3). From the above-mentioned quotation it can be deduced that conflict is a universal concept in for instance organisations like schools. With his inauguration in May 1994 president Mandela pleaded for the reconciliation of many cultures and one united nation. However, since that time there were episodes of conflict in the new multicultural schools of the rainbow nation. Change is taking place in South Africa. Political change influences all facets of society, including education. In some cases, education has even become a pawn in politics, as was the case in the ideological disputes that took place at Potgietersrus Primary School and Vryburg High School. Since the author found it useful to study the events that took place at these schools and even use it as international examples, she have used it for case studies in this article provide valuable second-hand experience for multicultural schools around the globe. First the events at Potgietersrus Primary in 1996 and then the Vryburg incident in 1998-1999 will be discussed. In this article a discussion of what went wrong at these two schools as well as possible solutions will take place. In the case studies the relevance of effective educational management in the new multicultural schools in South Africa will become clear. a) Potgietersrus Primary School In January 1996, Northern Province's Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs, Mister Matukane, wanted to have his children enrolled at this school. This was the first time that the school had been approached by black parents. The principal tried to avoid confrontation because Mister Matukane was a minister. A dispute broke out at the school and, on demand from the white parents, the black pupils were refused admission. The case ended up in the Supreme Court. Judge Spoelstra, who handled the case, ordered the school to enrol the black children. A school may not unfairly refuse to admit any child on the basis of race, ethnic or social origin, colour or language. Whether or not their enrolment is accepted as valid, they must be protected. The judge's decision was not welcomed by all the parties because a death threat was left on an answering machine at his home. The school lodged an appeal against the judge's finding and submitted that Afrikaans speakers constitute a minority group, which has a human right to develop its cultural life, language and religion. The school claimed that it had the right to protect the personal character and ethos and to maintain cultural differences and therefore had the right to refuse the black parents' applications. The school based its case on the claim that Potgietersrus Primary had an culture and that the culture of the black parents and their children was Afrocentric. The school claimed that there is a vast difference between and cultures and that, therefore, the white parents were entitled to preserve and protect the dominant culture and ethos of the school. A letter written in reaction to this, which appeared in Beeld, a Gauteng newspaper, stated that the governing body's views on the enrolment of black pupils were at least partially based on race. This person believed that this was confirmed in their free admission that the school had a Eurocentric character and that it would have introduced an unacceptable Afrocentric ethos if black students were admitted. He claimed that Eurocentric and Afrocentric were weak euphemisms for white and black. Hartley (1996:4) and Beeld-Kommentaar (1996:8) support this view. Beeld Kommentaar reads as follows: Many observers will simply see it as racism in disguise, i.e. a white school versus a black school. What would Potgietersrus Primary do if a few hundred black pupils in the town said that they preferred a schooling? …" @default.
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• W90484908 title "Potgietersrus and Vryburg in South Africa: What Went Wrong? Implications for Educational Managers" @default.
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