Lazarus, SSayed, YMaharaj, AmeerchundFaculty of Education2013-07-182024-05-282007/04/202007/04/202013-07-182024-05-282005https://hdl.handle.net/10566/15335Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe study was concentrated on the period following the first democratic elections for a new government in South Africa, that is, post -1994 up to the year 2000. The change from a system based on fixed apartheid ideology to a more open and democratic one meant that the political scene became more characterized by fierce competition and volatility. The aim of the research was to understand the nature of the contestation as it manifests itself in both the development and implementation of school governance policy at national, provincial and local levels in a climate of political change and turbulence.enSouth AfricaNational Education Policy Act 1996School management and organizationEducation and stateEducational changeThesisUniversity of the Western Cape