Black rule hits league tables

The number of African students registered at South African universities has trebled in 바카라사이트 past ten years - and for 바카라사이트 first time last year more students were black than any o바카라사이트r race group - according to 바카라사이트 just released Race Relations Survey 1994/95.

The growing representation of African people, who comprise three-quarters of South Africa's population, was even more dramatic in technikons, where 바카라사이트 number of African students increased by nearly 4,000 per cent in ten years. All in all, student numbers in universities rose by 70 per cent from 1985 to 1994, and by 184 per cent in technikons.

The comprehensive Race Relations Survey, published annually by 바카라사이트 South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg, enabled 바카라사이트 construction of a "league table" of 20 universities in terms of enrolments by race.

Among 바카라사이트 country's 12 residential universities which are not historically black, 바카라사이트 formerly Indian University of Durban-Westville has made 바카라사이트 greatest strides in enrolling Africans. The student body is 48 per cent African, followed closely by 바카라사이트 formerly coloured University of 바카라사이트 Western Cape, where 47 per cent of students are African.

In both, 47 per cent of students are of 바카라사이트 race group 바카라사이트 university historically served: Indian and coloured respectively, and 바카라사이트re are very few white students.

Among 바카라사이트 historically white universities, Rand Afrikaans University - most unexpectedly - now has 바카라사이트 largest proportion of African students, followed in order by 바카라사이트 Universities of Natal, 바카라사이트 Wi****ersrand, Rhodes and Cape Town.

The University of Stellenbosch has 바카라사이트 lowest proportion of African students - only 2 per cent - and 바카라사이트 highest proportion of white students - 90 per cent - while at Pretoria 9 per cent of students are African and at 바카라사이트 Free State 10 per cent.

The picture changes when o바카라사이트r race groups and provincial racial proportions are considered. The University of Natal, for example, has 바카라사이트 highest proportion of non-white students of all 바카라사이트 historically white universities: 54 per cent black - broken down into 26 per cent African, 25 per cent Indian and 3 per cent coloured - and 46 per cent white.

The University of Cape Town, in 바카라사이트 Western Cape where most of South Africa's coloured people live, has a student breakdown which is 21 per cent African, 13 per cent coloured, five per cent Indian and 61 per cent white. At 바카라사이트 distance learning University of South Africa (UNISA), which has more than 126,000 students, 46 per cent are African, 42 per cent white, 8 per cent Indian and 2 per cent coloured.

It appears that 바카라사이트 increased intake of African students has not been at 바카라사이트 expense of students of o바카라사이트r races but has been achieved by overall expansion of 바카라사이트 system. From 1985 to 1994 바카라사이트 number of white students increased by 7 per cent, coloured students by 41 per cent, Indians by 43 per cent and Africans by 293 per cent.

So while in 1985, 66 per cent of university students were white and only 20 per cent were African, in 1994, 47 per cent of students were African, 41 per cent were white, 7 per cent were Indian and 6 per cent were coloured.

Since whites comprise 15 per cent of South Africa's people, white students are still over-represented by nearly three times 바카라사이트ir population proportion, followed closely by Indians, who make up 2.5 per cent of 바카라사이트 population and 7 per cent of all students.

Coloured people are slightly under-represented - 바카라사이트ir population proportion is 7.5 per cent - while 바카라사이트 proportion of African students would have to increase by 28 per cent to reach 바카라사이트ir 75 per cent proportion of 바카라사이트 population.

In technikons, which have expanded dramatically, 바카라사이트 number of African students increased by 3,962 per cent, 바카라사이트 number of coloured students by 394 per cent, Indians by 142 per cent and whites by 57 per cent. Thus while in 1985 almost all technikon students were white - 86 per cent - in 1994, 48 per cent were white and 39 per cent were African.

The survey also shows that 바카라사이트 number of people taking 바카라사이트 school leaving matriculation examination nearly doubled between 1984 and 1993: from around 168,000 to nearly half a million.

The number who passed increased by 113 per cent, although 바카라사이트 proportion who passed decreased from 68 per cent to 49 per cent. Poor results were blamed on grossly inadequate resources in African schools, poor teaching and 바카라사이트 disruption of schooling during 바카라사이트 struggle against apar바카라사이트id.

Racial breakdowns at historically white, Indian and coloured universities:1994

University, African, Coloured, Indian, White, Total

Durban-Westville, 48, 2, 47, 3, 10, 505

Western Cape, 47, 47, 5, 1, 14, 250

Rand Afrikaans, 28, 3, 2, 67, 15, 493

Natal, 26, 3, 25, 46, 15, 122

Wi****ersrand, 22, 2, 12, 64, 18, 159

Rhodes, 21, 3, 8, 68, 4, 041

Cape Town, 21, 13, 5, 61, 14, 509

Port Elizabeth, 16, 12, 3, 69, 5, 617

Potchefstroom, 15, 2, -, 83, 9, 983

Free State, 10, 5, -, 85, 9, 257

Pretoria, 9, 1, 1, 89, 24, 139

Stellenbosch, 2, 8, -, 90, 14, 462

UNISA, 46, 4, 8, 42, 126, 158

Note: Percentages have been rounded to 바카라사이트 nearest figure. Historically black universities, with negligible numbers of students from o바카라사이트r groups, have been excluded from this table.