Herman, HMeerkotter, DRayners, SharleneFaculty of Education2013-09-102024-05-282007/11/062007/11/062013-09-102024-05-282006https://hdl.handle.net/10566/15344Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe HIV and AIDS epidemic is deemed the single greatest threat to South Africa's future and its growth in one of the most rapid in the world. The South African government has marked 2006 as the year of accelerated HIV and AIDS prevention. It was against this background that the leadership role of principals was articulated as the focus of this research. This study was aimed at gaining an understanding of the challenges facing school principals and of the unique role they could play in addressing the HIV and AIDS epidemic.enEducational leadership - Western CapeSouth AfricaAIDS (Disease)Prevention - Western CapeThesisUniversity of the Western Cape