Self-other agreement in personality traits and profiles across cultures: A multirater, multiscale study in Blacks and Whites in South Africa

This article argues (a) that the content of racial representations in South Africa has changed historically, and (b) that these representations are grounded in concrete patterns of spatio-temporal interactions between blacks and whites that have characterised different historical epochs. These arguments are developed by means of a consideration of racial interactions and representations in four historical periods: the early Cape colony, the frontier, apartheid and the contemporary post-apartheid period. The bulk of the discussion concerns the kinds of representations that are being developed and perpetuated in the present desegregated context, where whites experience displacement at the hands of blacks, and blacks experience whites running away from them.

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The Last Years of Apartheid

Issue A Journal of Opinion ◽

10.1017/s004716070050434x ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 60-63

Author(s):

Herbert Vilakazi

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Southern Africa ◽

Revolutionary War ◽

Armed Struggle ◽

Peaceful Resolution ◽

Liberation Movement ◽

Blacks And Whites ◽

Liberation Struggle ◽

Racial Problem

“Everything in Russia is ‘as of old’, at the top.But there is also something new, at the bottom.”Lenin, 1911The most crucial factor overhanging any discussion of Southern Africa today is the imminent revolutionary war between blacks and whites in South Africa. The Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and the suppression of the ANC and PAC forced upon the leaders of the liberation movement the conclusion that only the violence of the oppressed against the white regime will bring about freedom for the blacks. Sharpeville, therefore, marked a watershed in the liberation struggle, in that the leadership of the liberation organizations abandoned hope of a peaceful resolution of the racial problem. They then proceeded, abroad, to begin preparations for the armed struggle.

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EDUCATION AND THE AGRARIAN QUESTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, c. 1900–40

The Journal of African History ◽

10.1017/s0021853716000062 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 251-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JULIA TISCHLER

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Agricultural Education ◽

Structural Changes ◽

State Intervention ◽

Rural Planning ◽

Agrarian Question ◽

Agricultural Planning ◽

Blacks And Whites ◽

And Gender

AbstractDuring the first half of the twentieth century, deep structural changes occurred in the South African countryside. While farming became an important pillar of the national economy, more and more people left the land in search of better lives in towns and cities. This article examines agricultural education, an early avenue of state intervention in farming, to elucidate how officials and groups of farmers navigated the ‘agrarian question’ by trying to define the roles that men, women, blacks, and whites played in the sector's restructuring. I argue that agricultural planning was inextricable from ideologies and politics of segregation, a factor that historiography has not systematically taken into account. By comparing interventions in the Transkei and Ciskei with those in the Orange Free State, this article illuminates the interrelations between rural planning and segregation, as well as how they were complicated by delineations of class and gender.

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Attitudes of a group of South African speech-language pathologists towards stutterers and stuttering therapy

South African Journal of Communication Disorders ◽

10.4102/sajcd.v44i1.224 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Belinda Baker ◽

Eleanor Ross ◽

Joan Girson

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Personality Traits ◽

South African ◽

Psychological Problems ◽

Future Research ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Probability Sample ◽

Student Training ◽

Random Probability

The present study aimed to examine the attitudes of a group of South African speech-language pathologists towards stuttering and stuttering therapy. Further aims were to investigate whether a stereotype of stutterers was found among these speech-language pathologists, and to determine whether there was any relationship between the attitudes held about stutterers, and the therapists' training and experience. A random probability sample of respondents was selected from the population of speech therapists registered with the Interim Medical and Dental Council of South Africa (I.M.D.C.S.A.). A self-administered mailed questionnaire was employed to realise the aims of the study. The main result of this investigation indicated that almost 50% of the sample of qualified clinicians surveyed, viewed stutterers as a group characterised by specific personality traits and psychological problems. This belief held true irrespective of the number of years of experience working in the field, the time of graduation, the frequency of treating stutterers, or the training emphasis. Implications of these results are considered with respect to student training, continuing education of qualified practitioners and future research.

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Cognitive adaptability and narrow personality traits: Proposing a person–entrepreneurship fit for established entrepreneurs in South Africa

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v50i1.1323 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Melodi Botha ◽

Hajo Morallane

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Personality Traits

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Leadership approaches of principals heading National Strategy Learner Attainment Schools in South Africa

International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management ◽

10.17583/ijelm.7966 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 56-83

Author(s):

Rudolph Peter Cornelissen ◽

Juliana Smith

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

National Strategy ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Leadership Framework ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Integrated Leadership ◽

Leadership Approaches

This study examines the leadership approaches associated with sustained improved academic performance of principals heading National Strategy for Learner Attainment (NSLA) schools. This article reports on a qualitative multiple-case study focused on five successful NSLA secondary schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Data was collected from principals, teachers and selected School Management Team (SMT) members via questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to understand the leadership practices and personality traits that characterised the leadership approaches of principals to facilitate teaching and learning for improving academic performance of learners. The findings indicated that an integrated leadership principal leadership framework would be most effective because it would cultivate community between teachers and learners and result into improved academic performance. This approach encapsulates the various leadership approaches and the leadership personality traits or characteristics of the principals as well as taking into consideration the situational context for effective leadership and decision-making.

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The Antiapartheid Struggle did It/Could it Challenge Racism in the U.S.?

Issue A Journal of Opinion ◽

10.1017/s004716070050239x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 46-47

Author(s):

Rachel Rubin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

African American ◽

The United States ◽

Young Age ◽

Institutional Policies ◽

Blacks And Whites ◽

The U.S

Between the 1970s and 1990s, many whites, including myself, embraced antiapartheid work, partly because we were outraged at the horror of South Africa but also because it gave us a way to fight racism and do antiracism work here in the United States. I had always seen and disapproved of racism and from a very young age felt a need to fight against it. The anti-apartheid struggle gave me a solid way to do that. In the mid 70’s when I was in college, the campus that I was on was so segregated and the institutional policies so paternalistic and racist that there were very few forums for blacks and whites to work together. The first fully-fledge antiapartheid group at my university, which I joined on its inception, was established by an African-American who was a visiting artist on campus.

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Personality and content preferences on social network sites in South Africa

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v48i4.39 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 13-20

Author(s):

K. Mwaba ◽

Y. Saini ◽

R. Abratt

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Social Network ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Social Network Sites ◽

Need For Cognition ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Visual Content ◽

Verbal Content ◽

Need For Affect ◽

The Relationship

Worldwide, visual content, such as photos and videos, have increased dramatically on social network sites (SNS), with South Africa being no exception. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two personality traits – need for cognition and need for affect – and visual and verbal content preference on SNS in South Africa. A survey was conducted and data were obtained from 307 social network site users. The main findings showed that personality does have an influence on SNS users’ preference for visual or verbal content. Implications for both theory and practice are discussed.

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