The state, education, and equity in post-apartheid South Africa : the impact of state policies / edited by Enver Motala, John Pampallis.

"First published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / E. Motala and M. Singh -- Educational law and policy in post-apartheid South Africa / E. Motala and J. Pampallis -- The South Africa state in transition / S. Oldfield -- The link between macroeconomic policies, education policies and the education budget / K. Nicolaou -- Transforming education and training in post-apartheid period / M. Axis, N. Mahomed -- A critical examination of the development of school governance policy and its implications for achieving equity / J. Karlsson, G. McPherson, J. Pampallis -- The rationalisation of teachers and the quest for social justice in education in an age of fiscal austerity / S. Vally and C. Tleane -- On bureaucracy / E. Motala.

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As a lawyer Enver Motala was involved in the defence of workers rights during the 1970s, a period of intense struggle for the recognition of trade unions in South Africa. From the 1980's he has acted in various capacities in the alternative education movement, especially in relation to issues relating to worker's and community-based education. John Pampallis has been the Director of the CEPD for the past four years. A former school teacher, he has taught in South Africa, Botswana, Canada and Tanzania. In Tanzania, he spent 8 years at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, a school established by the African National Congress for young South Africans exiles.