SAE3701
Assignment 2 2025
Detailed Solutions, References & Explanations
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Due date: 2 June 2025
3 ESSAYS PROVIDED
THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT’S CONTROL OVER EDUCATION: ENFORCING
RACIAL SEGREGATION AND SUPPRESSING BLACK CITIZENSHIP IN SOUTH
AFRICA
1. INTRODUCTION
During the apartheid era in South Africa, education was weaponised by the government
to sustain white supremacy and racial segregation. The Bantu Education system,
introduced through the Bantu Education Act of 1953, was designed to control the minds
and aspirations of black South Africans. Its primary objective was to prepare black
learners for subservience in the economic and political systems dominated by whites.
This essay explores the various mechanisms through which the apartheid government
used the education curriculum to enforce racial hierarchies and suppress the black
Terms of use
population‟s sense of citizenship. It also examines community
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of this document you agree to:
Use this document as a guide for learning, comparison and reference purpose,
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Not to duplicate, reproduce and/or misrepresent the contents of this document as your own work,
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document
Fully accept the consequences
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learning, reference,or and
misuse this document.
comparison purposes,
Ensure originality of your own work, and fully accept the consequences should you plagiarise or misuse this document.
Comply with all relevant standards, guidelines, regulations, and legislation governing academic and written work.
Disclaimer
Great care has been taken in the preparation of this document; however, the contents are provided "as is" without any express or
implied representations or warranties. The author accepts no responsibility or liability for any actions taken based on the
information contained within this document. This document is intended solely for comparison, research, and reference purposes.
Assignment 2 2025
Detailed Solutions, References & Explanations
Unique Number:
Due date: 2 June 2025
3 ESSAYS PROVIDED
THE APARTHEID GOVERNMENT’S CONTROL OVER EDUCATION: ENFORCING
RACIAL SEGREGATION AND SUPPRESSING BLACK CITIZENSHIP IN SOUTH
AFRICA
1. INTRODUCTION
During the apartheid era in South Africa, education was weaponised by the government
to sustain white supremacy and racial segregation. The Bantu Education system,
introduced through the Bantu Education Act of 1953, was designed to control the minds
and aspirations of black South Africans. Its primary objective was to prepare black
learners for subservience in the economic and political systems dominated by whites.
This essay explores the various mechanisms through which the apartheid government
used the education curriculum to enforce racial hierarchies and suppress the black
Terms of use
population‟s sense of citizenship. It also examines community
By making useresponses to Bantu
of this document you agree to:
Use this document as a guide for learning, comparison and reference purpose,
Terms of use
Not to duplicate, reproduce and/or misrepresent the contents of this document as your own work,
By making use of this document you agree to:
Use this document
Fully accept the consequences
solely as a guide forshould you plagiarise
learning, reference,or and
misuse this document.
comparison purposes,
Ensure originality of your own work, and fully accept the consequences should you plagiarise or misuse this document.
Comply with all relevant standards, guidelines, regulations, and legislation governing academic and written work.
Disclaimer
Great care has been taken in the preparation of this document; however, the contents are provided "as is" without any express or
implied representations or warranties. The author accepts no responsibility or liability for any actions taken based on the
information contained within this document. This document is intended solely for comparison, research, and reference purposes.
