Gatsrand (as a series of ridges) is not only a well-known geographical feature in the Western Transvaal, but it also features prominently as a definite area in the settlement history of the whites in the Transvaal. In fact, the first farms in this area were registered simultaneously with farms in the neighbouring Mooi River area. Owing to the inhabitants’ agrarian predisposition up to the early years of the twentieth century, agriculture and stock farming formed the basis of the area’s economic infrastructure. Initially, the Potchefstroom market was the nearest outlet for products. Later on, products were also sold in Johannesburg, as well as at Randfontein and Krugersdorp. In the process of the development of this enterprise, stock diseases, droughts, poverty and wars continually set the inhabitants back. Prior to the establishment of gold mines (since 1937) in the northern areas of Gatsrand, which enhanced economic development, the area’s development was mainly dependent on the subsistence needs of the surrounding towns. In this respect, the building of roads to places like Krugersdorp, Randfontein, Pretoria and Johannesburg was beneficial to the Gatsrand area, since all these routes passed through said area. Administrative duties were initially performed by a field cornet and later by a justice of the peace, who was subordinate to the magistrate of Potchefstroom. In a similar way, educational matters were dealt with by the Potchefstroom School Board. Until 1948, with the exception of Klipdrift School, there were only primary schools on several farms in the area – schools that had from one to four teachers. With outbreaks of illness, even the medical services in Potchefstroom rendered help in the Gatsrand area. Inhabitants had to travel to Potchefstroom, some of them covering great distances, if they were in need of medical care and facilities. Initially, the nearest centre for worship was also Potchefstroom. The first congregation in the Gatsrand area was founded in 1926 at Fochville, with boundaries that included the major part of this area. Since 1937, gold mine development provided definite advances in local development. Up to 1948, six towns had been proclaimed, congregations were established, and houses and roads were built to accommodate the growing number of inhabitants. This resulted in the establishment of numerous enterprises. The number of pupils increased and smaller schools had to amalgamate with larger ones. By 1948, it was apparent that the development in the Gatsrand area would be phenomenal due to the rich discoveries of the then established gold mines. / MA (History), PU vir CHO, 1988 / This MA-Dissertation on the history of the Gatsrand up to 1948 originally was written in Afrikaans in 1988. This English translation was decided on to assist researchers, working with regional issues in/on South Africa who's mother tongue is English. The footnotes as well as the source list has not been translated due to the cost in doing so. However, it is trusted that researchers should find their way because more than 50% of the references are in English or could not be titled otherwise as they are archival documents or published literature. Due to new technology, the page numbers of the English version also differ from the original Afrikaans version. The approach to the research must be assessed within the time frame in which it was written and the methodology to regional history utilised, was mainly on that as expressed by VHT Skipp. The author since has extended and refined this model.

Every system of church government, which declares to be Christian, takes its starting point in the New Testament revelation that Christ is the Head of his body, the church, (Col. 1:18); however each of these systems arrives at vastly different conclusions. The Presbyterian system of church government is founded on.the principle that Jesus Christ, the Son of God who became man, is the organic Head of the church, the elected mankind. "Bead" and "body" are bound together as one vital unity, undivided and unmixed. Therefore the church, as body of Christ, has no human head. Christ Himself governs the church, while He at the same time rules over heaven and earth. He, the Mediator, Who in the unity of his Person is indivisible, is Himself personally present in his church. He is also represented by the Holy Spirit, who works directly in the heart and mind of ail believers and speaks to them by means of the holy ~ Word of God. Christ reigns his church through his Holy Spirit by his Holy Word. The believers, as members ,in the body, the church, have come of age as a royal priesthood by anointment with the Holy. Spirit. Therefore the congregation is subject to the instructions of Christ to· the church. While the body still grows up unto Christ, its Head, He has given the off ices to the church for the perfecting of the saints in their ministry. The government of the Head is served in the church by the elders as a council of the church. Their instruction from the Head is to be shepherds to the saints and not to be lords over God's heritage. Of this ministration of the church government the congregation is the object. The Presbyterian church government, as organized in the Church Order of Dort (1618-19), maintains the church as· an organic unity that lives for, through and to Christ. The church is the subordinate of its Personal Head, the living and present Jesus Christ. Therefore the Church Order of Dort maintains the ministerial character of the offices in the church, the coming of age· of the believers and the Word of God as the border of all ministerial authority and power. The Presbyterian church government is then, according to the principles of the Church Order of Dort, the ministration of the one supremacy of the one Head, Jesus Christ, in his church as one body. / Oorspronklike uitgegawe as proefskrif voorgelê --PU vir CHO

Every system of church government, which declares to be Christian, takes its starting point in the New Testament revelation that Christ is the Head of his body, the church, (Col. 1:18); however each of these systems arrives at vastly different conclusions. The Presbyterian system of church government is founded on.the principle that Jesus Christ, the Son of God who became man, is the organic Head of the church, the elected mankind. "Bead" and "body" are bound together as one vital unity, undivided and unmixed. Therefore the church, as body of Christ, has no human head. Christ Himself governs the church, while He at the same time rules over heaven and earth. He, the Mediator, Who in the unity of his Person is indivisible, is Himself personally present in his church. He is also represented by the Holy Spirit, who works directly in the heart and mind of ail believers and speaks to them by means of the holy ~ Word of God. Christ reigns his church through his Holy Spirit by his Holy Word. The believers, as members ,in the body, the church, have come of age as a royal priesthood by anointment with the Holy. Spirit. Therefore the congregation is subject to the instructions of Christ to· the church. While the body still grows up unto Christ, its Head, He has given the off ices to the church for the perfecting of the saints in their ministry. The government of the Head is served in the church by the elders as a council of the church. Their instruction from the Head is to be shepherds to the saints and not to be lords over God's heritage. Of this ministration of the church government the congregation is the object. The Presbyterian church government, as organized in the Church Order of Dort (1618-19), maintains the church as· an organic unity that lives for, through and to Christ. The church is the subordinate of its Personal Head, the living and present Jesus Christ. Therefore the Church Order of Dort maintains the ministerial character of the offices in the church, the coming of age· of the believers and the Word of God as the border of all ministerial authority and power. The Presbyterian church government is then, according to the principles of the Church Order of Dort, the ministration of the one supremacy of the one Head, Jesus Christ, in his church as one body. / Oorspronklike uitgegawe as proefskrif voorgelê --PU vir CHO

The demands of a fast growing third world population on the education system of the Republic of South Africa places great stress on an economy already battling against sanctions and disinvestment. The challenge is to keep up standards of education in order to supply sufficient numbers of qualified manpower to keep the economy going whilst at the same time attempting to create equal educational facilities for an exploding black school population. At the other end of the scale is the problem of dwindling numbers of well qualified white teachers, especially in certain subjects like mathematics, science and commerce as they are recruited into the private sector offering them large increases in salaries. The intention of the study was to try to find a new model for financing and the related decision making of education. The modus operandi was: - i) A theoretical basis to the study was provided by looking at the development of the growing role of the state within the education system and the implications it has for the other participants in the system. ii) A look is taken at the "new right" philosophy as practised by Mrs Thatcher in England where the position of the individual vis-a-vis the state is being re-evaluated. iii) An analysis of the situation surrounding education and the economy as it presents itself in South Africa at the present moment is made. At the same time the position of each of the participants, namely the state, the parents, the educators and employers are evaluated. iv) The English system with its new Education Reform Act and the new concept of school-based management practised in Dade County, Florida in the USA is discussed for purposes of comparison. v) In conclusion a few suggestions are made regarding a future model for financing and managing of educational institutions in the RSA. / Skripsie (MBA)--PU vir CHO, 1989

Proefskrif--PU vir CHO

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [47]-50).

It is a fundamental characteristic of his existence that man will establish associations. This phenomenon is acknowledged in all spheres of life, in eluding the juridical. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the distinctive way in which jurisprudence characterizes human association conferring legal subjectivity (legal personality) upon it. Prominence has been given to aspects of legal subjectivity (legal personality) of associations in private law with ideal or non-profit intent. The legal status of the associative legal person in private law is not governed by statute at the moment and is therefore determined by the rules of Common law. Although there is no explicit acknowledgement of the legal person as a separate legal entity in Roman law, the Roman jurists did record certain features of co-operative institutions like corpora, collegia. universitates and eodalitates. Early Roman-Dutch jurists did not consider the legal person to be a separate legal entity either, but they applied the inherited features of the Roman co-operative institutions to other associative groups like guilds and churches. The legal person has been acknowledged as a separate legal entity (legal subject) since the eighteenth century, although the term legal person only originated towards the end of that century. The historical part of the investigation reveals the significant fact that the legal person was already recognized as a separate legal entity in Medieval canon law. The Medieval Roman-Catholic and the Reformational concept of the church exerted an important influence on the view held by later jurists concerning the legal person. The historical part of the investigation further demonstrates that the following features of the common law legal person (association or foundation) in South Africa derive from Roman law, canon law and Roman-Dutch law: It is composed of people (members or administrators); It has perpetual succession, i.e. it exists notwithstanding changes in membership; It is vested with rights and obligations independent of its constitutive members or administrators; It participates in the processes of law through organs; Through its organs it can exercise an independent volition, and therefore it has the capacity to act, the capacity to appear in court in its own name, and to be accountable for its actions; For its continued existence it has to comply with the requirements for the conferment of legal personality as laid down by positive law; It has to have a lawful objective that is not contra bonos mores. It is noticeable that no authority exists at common law for the current supposition that the associative legal person is contractually founded, and also that, at common law, the legal position of the associative legal person was as a rule distinguished from that of societates (societies or partnerships), which are contractually founded. Against this historical background the underlying principles concerning the legal person were investigated. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century the Pandectists, in particular, have attempted a theoretical analysis of the legal person. This gives rise to a number of theories concerning the legal person. Most of the legal theorists, however, tend to over-emphasize one aspect or the other. Von Savigny, for example. stresses the fact that only the individual person (as a moral entity) can act as an actual legal subject and that the legal person as such is merely a legal fiction. Von Gierke, on the other hand, argues that the legal person is composed of organs and that it participates in the processes of law as a super organism with human capacities. Brinz declares that a separate estate can act as a subject in the processes of law. Molengraaff brings the actions of the legal person in connection with the members thereof in their personal capacity; and advocators of juridical realism consider the legal person to be a nominal reality that really exists, but only as an immaterial construction of the mind. From the organ theory of Von Gierke and the functional societal theory of Dooyeweerd, two conclusions, which I would like to endorse, can be drawn: Both these jurists agree that the legal person is founded not on con~ tract, but on internal corporate law (interne verbandsreg). Therefore the statute or constitution is not a contract between the members, but the internal corporate law on which all legal relations between members mutually, and towards outsiders. is based. The legal person is capable of volition and action through organs, and when the organs will and act, juridically speaking it is the legal person that wills and acts. This renders the legal person capable of acting, of appearing in court in its own name, and of being accountable for its actions. In my opinion the nature of the legal person can only be determined by an analysis of legal Subjectivity. Using the transcendental-empirical method as methodological basis, it is imperative in the investigation of legal subjectivity to take both the theoretical analysis of the concept and its practical application into account. The South African legal practice requires the following for the existence of a legal person: there must be an entity vested with rights and obligations independent of its constitutive members or administrators; this entity must continue its existence notwithstanding changes of membership; the entity must pursue lawful objectives that are not contra bonos mores, To this can be added (although it is not explicitly required) that there should be an internal structure of authority, arising from the internal corporate law according to which the organs function. The lack of authority for the supposition made by the South African legal practice (according to some verdicts) that the common law legal person is contractually founded, has already been pointed out. Legal subjectivity is the capacity of an entity to act in a subject in the processes of law. In my opinion only man can act as a legal subject. Seen from a Christian point of view, God created man in His image, and placed him on earth as the pinnacle of creation, to subject, cultivate and protect that creation. Man owes his ability to take part in the processes of law to this God-given status, and he derives his legal capacities from this status. All people are bearers of these capacities, though not always to the same extent. If we deny the legal subjectivity of man, we lose sight of a given fact of creation. Owing to the demand made by God in his creation, only man can be a legal subject. To confer legal subjectivity upon something else than man would be a negation of God's commands and would detract from man's God-given status. Due to the occurrence of associating, however, man does not act as a legal subject only in his individual capacity, but also in association with an organised group. The important difference, however, is that legal subjectivity accrues to the natural person as a matter of course, while the acquisition of legal subjectivity (legal personality) by associations is established according to the legal principles whereby the state regulates society. When legal subjectivity (legal personality) is conferred, an entity comes into being (in actual fact consisting of people) that is more than the sum of its constitutive members or administrators. It is an entity that will continue its existence notwithstanding any changes of membership and it is vested with rights and obligations independent of those of its constitutive members or administrators. Legal subjectivity, therefore, can be defined as that characteristic of man by which he participates in the processes of law either individually (as a natural person) or in association with others (as a legal person), in a distinctive way as a real, concrete organic legal subject), by being vested with capacities (from which arises Subjective rights and legal obligations); this capacity of the legal person exists quite independently of that of each of the individuals that associated to form the legal person. This is an implicit God-given characteristic of every natural person, while the positive law vested the legal person with the same Characteristic in accordance with the legal principles whereby the state regulates society. The legal person of the common law, vested with legal subjectivity (legal personality), displays the following features: It is a real. distinct associative person that participates in the processes of law as a legal subject. It is constituted of members and/or administrators (organs) and although it is similar in some instances to the natural person with regard to the way in which both participate in the processes of law, not all human capabilities can be found in the legal person, and even similar capabilities differ in some respects. In other words, this is no super organism, but a distinct associative person; It is a concrete legal entity, because it is constituted of members and/or administrators. It is not a legal fiction or a mental construction, but a real, existing entity. Even in the case of the foundation the associative person is situated in the success ion of (an) administrator(s) that control(s) or administer(s) an estate with a view to reaching (al predetermined objective(s) within the processes of law; It is a separate entity that, although constituted of members and/or administrators. exists notwithstanding the succession of members and/or administrators, and it is vested with separate rights and obligations; It participates in the processes of law by means of organs. The volition or acts of the organs are the volition or acts of the legal person, juridically speaking. if it is performed in accordance with the internal corporate law (as described in the statute or constitution). This gives the legal person as legal subject the capacity to act, to appear in court in its own name. and to be accountable for its actions. The non-statutory associative legal person at common law is not, in my opinion, contractually founded. but is based on internal corporate law. This legal phenomenon has to be distinguished from the association with~ out legal personality (which is contractually founded). Features of the associative legal person are the following: By virtue of the internal corporate law reciprocal claims are established between members and the legal person as a result of which performances can be demanded between the members and the legal person respectively; The associative legal person is the owner of a separate associative estate that is engaged and administered by the organs. By virtue of their claims against the legal person the members have the capacity to control and to have a say in the management of the estate; The associative legal person is capable of a separate volition and it therefore has the capacity to act, to appear in court in its own name and to be accountable for its actions; In my opinion the associative legal person can lay claim to personality rights as a persona. and demand satisfaction in some cases of prejudice to those rights; The associative legal person as an entity can not only be held liable for lawful acts of the organs, but also for the unlawful acts of the organs, in cases where the legal person directed its volition to effect a certain unlawful action, or acted with unacceptable negligence. As it is possible for the legal person to form its own volition, it can also disclose a guilty inclination. It is furthermore possible for the legal person to be held liable by means of vicarious liability. am .of the opinion that the underlying principles of the legal person at common law present the most suitable basis on which the legal position of cooperative institutions in private law, like churches, political parties. charitable institutions, unions and social associations of the corporative type can be constructed. In doing this the internal legal relations among the members and external legal actions towards outsiders is accounted for in the most satisfactory manner. The legal position of churches is quite distinctive. but in essence it still complies with the requirements for the acquisition of legal personality at common law. In my opinion churches should for this reason be acknowledged as legal persons at common law. The legal position of associations without legal personality (clubs) should be distinguished from the position of legal persons at common law. Associations without legal personality, like the English clubs. are contractually founded; their members are co-owners of the separate club estate and no distinct entity (perosona) is formed. Although the prerequisites for acknowledging legal personality at common law have, in my opinion. been defined satisfactorily in the South African case law, it is not always easy to determine whether these prerequisites are present, especially in the case of informal associations. In order to achieve certainty about the law, I would like to propose that a simple system of registration be introduced for associations and foundations. Those associations and foundations that would like to confirm their legal personality to the outside world, can do so by means of registration. This ought to remove the uncertainties of outsiders (and sometimes members themselves) as to the question whether an informal social association or club is a legal person at common law, and if it is, who the authorized organs are. Such a system of registration, that would naturally have to be instituted by statute, should comprise the following: Legal personality is still conferred according to the requirements laid down by common law; An association that complies with the requirements of common law, is indeed a legal person before registration, but members and administrators can be held responsible personally for actions taken by the organs on behalf of the legal person; Registration serves the purpose of proclaiming the legal personality to the outside world and of indemnifying members and administrators from being held responsible personally for actions taken by the organs. This will make it possible to distinguish the following co-operative institutions: Registered associative legal persons, the members and administrators of which cannot be held responsible personally for actions taken by the organs; Unregistered associative legal persons, the members and administrators of which can be held responsible personally for actions taken by the organs; Clubs or societies that do not qualify for legal personality, because of their contractual nature. Most of the local churches, and without doubt the local Reformed churches, comply with the requirements for legal personality at common law. Because of the adoption and application by the South African courts of the English concept of a church, a conflicting situation has arisen by which local Churches, although they have indeed been defined as common law legal persons at times are considered by the courts to be based on contractual legal relations. No common law authority exists for this point of view, because legal persons are not contractually based according to Roman-Dutch law, and the English unincorporated associations that are indeed contractually based, are not acknowledged as legal persons in English law. To establish the legal position of churches on a purely common law base. one should, in my opinion, characterize the local churches as common law legal persons (based on internal corporate law). Such a point of view would also be in accordance with the fundamental views of Reformed theologians about local churches. As a result of the Reformed dogmatics the connection between local Reformed churches cannot be Seen as a base for an institutionalized body or legal person, but rather as an experience of the unity existing between local churches (with the same articles of faith and church government) because of the fact that all Christians are members of the universal church (the body of Christ). This means that the Reformed Church in South Africa (as a group of churches) is not a legal person and therefore it cannot own land or participate as an entity in the processes of law in any way. It is therefore suggested that the Administrative Bureau of the Reformed Church(es) and the governing body of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church(es) act as common law legal persons to perform all the combined legal actions of the individual local churches. The result is that the national synod or religious denomination (kerkverband) itself need not be vested with legal personality. The national synod is a temporary, more comprehensive (meerdere) meeting of the local Reformed churches that is dissolved at the end of each session. Through the meeting of local churches in the national synod and other comprehensive meetings. the religious denomination as such is visibly experienced. In such a way the Reformed concept of church is taken into account. without losing sight of the necessity that local Reformed churches sometimes have to enter into combined legal actions. / Thesis (LLD)--PU for CHE, 1983

Since 1993 South Africa underwent epoch-making constitutional changes. On the political terrain South Africa moved away from an "apartheid's" dispensation to a political dispensation that offers equality on all terrains to all its citizens. The political changes brought a new Constitution into existence, which includes a Bill of Fundamental Human rights. The other sectors of the society - including education - are inextricably connected to the political changes in the country. Education occupies a particularly important position in the community in as far as education is regarded as the central activity of the community. A changing model for teacher professionalism in a changing South Africa is exceedingly necessary, because the quality, productivity and effectiveness of education in South Africa is under suspicion. Education and training in South Africa do not satisfy the expectations of the community regarding education and training. The teachers (i.e. educators) are being regarded as one of the crucial factors responsible for the poor standard and quality of education in South Africa. In modern society education is a complex chain which involves many role players. The teacher (i.e. educator) must be aware of the fact that the law places a particular liability on him, especially regarding his professionalism. From a judicial point of view the teacher (i.e. educator) is accountable for his professional behaviour and conduct Various statutory changes have already taken place which might have an influence on teacher professionalism. The teacher (i.e. educator) should already have taken cognisance of this. Statutory changes that have already taken place and which might have a bearing on teacher professionalism, are amongst others the new Constitution that includes a Bill of Fundamental Human rights, the Education Labour Relations Act and the Educator's Employment Act. The right to basic education, as included in the Constitution, plac~s an obligation on the teaching profession to see to it that only qualified and competent persons practice as professional teachers (i. c. educators). The Education Labour Relations Act makes provision for a South African Council for Educators, under which all teachers (i. c. educators) must be registered before such a person may practice as a professional teacher (i.e. educator). The South African Council for Educators is also empowered with certain powers and competencies to establish minimum entrance requirements for the teaching profession, as well as to establish an ethical code of conduct to which all educators must adhere. The Educator's Employment Act has already demarcated misconduct and incompetence of teachers (i.e. educators) and makes provision for the procedures to be followed in case of trespassing by a teacher (i.e. educator). The common law determinants such as the rules of natural justice and due process make provision for transparent administrative justice. The statutory and common law determinants provide a framework in which a model for teacher professionalism can be developed. The international community also makes use of set requirements which a person must satisfy before such a person may practice as a professional teacher (i. c. educator). The international community has already refined misconduct stipulations, such as insubordination, immoral behaviour and criminal offences through court verdicts. In the international community's findings the South African Council for Educators might find an additional frame of reference in the development of a model for teacher professionalism in a changing South Africa. All economies, but especially the economy of a changing South Africa, depend heavily on a well-educated citizen force. Well-trained and competent teachers (i. c. educators) are essential in bringing about a well-educated citizen force, which can make a contribution to a country's economy. A model for teacher professionalism in a changi"6 South Africa is a prerequisite for the achievement of this goal. / Proefskrif (PhD (Onderwysbestuur))--PU vir CHO, 1996

During 1913 arrangements have been made for the hygienic inspection of school children in primary schools, in Transvaal, Dr C. L. Leipoldt was appointed. Medical inspection started in April, 1914, and discontinued, owing to the outbreak of the war in August, and was resumed in October 1915. In 1918 the scheme of inspection was organized on a sound basis, but was interrupted by the influenza epidemic. In 1919, Dr Leipoldt, was seconded to the Cape, and the service was carried out by Drs Cleaver and Elias. For private reasons, Dr Leipoldt resigned at the end of 1922. Dr J. A. Kieser, joined the service in 1922 and retired at the end of 1948. After various temporary appointments, Dr F. Z. van der Merwe was appointed on the 23rd of July 1951, and retired on the 10th of December 1954. Dr c. E. Theron has been appointed as his successor as from January 1955. During 1958 a Commission of Enquiry was appointed to inquire into the efficiency of the school medical service. In 1959, extensions of the service and the provision for more satisfactory accommodation were held in abeyance, awaiting the proposed transfer of the School Medical Services to the Department of Hospital Services. The expected transfer did not eventuate in 1960 and the work continued as before. On 1st April 1961, the School Medical Service as a whole was taken over by the Department of Hospital Services. The buildings, equipment, etc. were also tranferred. In future Dental Service would no longer function as part of the School Medical Service, but would continue to exist as a separate section under its own head. The nurses are, engaged exclusively in service to schools. All treatments and arrangements are now controlled by the hospitals. The old Roman opinion that a sound mind dwells in a healthy body (Mens sana in corpore sano) also comes to its own right in the Transvaal Educational System. / Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES 1. INTRODUCTION: In view of the great demand for career guidance, it was necessary to give attention to the development and adaptation of psychometric instruments. This led to important development in this area. The Self-Directed Search (SDS) interest questionnaire of J.L. Holland was included in a career guidance programme for black matriculation pupils resulting in the need to investigate the utility of the SDS for black pupils. The study was conducted with this objective in mind. 2. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were as follows: 2.1 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: 2.1.1 Determining the psychometric suitability of the SDS for blacks with respect to some psychometric and statistical qualities, namely item analysis, means, reliability, intercorrelations of the fields and the factorial structure of the construct. 2.2 SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: 2.2.1 Determining the utility of the SDS in a career guidance set-up for this group, by giving attention to the principles of consistency and congruency; 2.2.2 determining the utility of the SDS as part of a career guidance programme for blacks by using stepwise regression and 2.2.3 determining the distribution of the interests for this group as indicated by the SDS. CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE STUDY In this chapter it was necessary to look at the following aspects: • theories of vocational choice and • aptitude, attitude and interest. In the section on theories of vocational choice or career development, reference was made to the theories of Ginzberg and associates. Super, Roe, Hoppock, Holland, decision-making models as well as the behavioristic, sociological and psychoanalitical approaches. Then aptituae, attitude and interest were discussed with special emphasis on the conceptual description, structure and measurement of the concepts. CHAPTER 3: METHOD OF INVESTIGATION In this chapter the following aspects were discussed: • the sample; • the psychometric tests used in the research and • the statistical methods used. A random sample was selected. pupils of Lebowa and Gazankulu. The sample consisted of standard 10 The psychometric tests included in the vocational guidance programme were: • an aptitude test battery (AAT); • an interest questionnaire (SDS) and • the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA). Finally the statistical methods were discussed, namely item analysis, means ana standard deviations, correlations, factor analysis, procedures to determine consistency and congruency, stepwise regression and distribution of SDS-codes. CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION OF RESULTS In summary it is clear that the results in general give an indication that the SDS has utility with blacks. The item analysis of the 228 items indicated that only 15 items needed revision. The means indicated that there is no notable difference between this and other samples. The reliability coefficients are satisfactory and are good in comparison with the results obtained by Holland and others. The intercorrelations between the six personality types confirmed relationships as described by Holland. The factor analysis results indicated that the SDS has a definite structure. Procedures conducted to determine consistency and congruency as defined by Holland confirmed the use of the concepts. The Realistic, Enterprising and Investigative fields were identified as contributing to the prediction of academic achievement. It was also indicated that most of the pupils resemble the Social personality type as defined by Holland. CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION In summary the conclusion can be made that the SDS has utility for use with black pupils in a vocational guidance situation. / Thesis (MA)--PU vir CHO, 1988