A main road snakes from the City Bowl in the north to Fish Hoek in
the south, along which corridor sit some of the most prestigious
academic schools on the continent, in sight of Africa's leading
tertiary institution, the University of Cape Town. This is a study
of patterns of racial segregation in the elite primary schools of
one of the 'whitest' and wealthiest areas of South Africa, the
southern suburbs of Cape Town.
What keeps these elite schools
'white dominant' in a province and country that is overwhelmingly
black? How do the schools administer their admissions policies such
that the outcome is white-majority enrolments? Why does a
post-apartheid government allow 'white dominant' schools to exist?
This is the first available study on the micro-politics of primary
school admissions that addresses the question of 'Who gets in, and
why?' against the backdrop of South Africa's transition from
apartheid to democracy.
For this reason, among others, the book
holds significance for international scholarship on education
policy and politics while at the same time offering practical value
for South African parents who struggle to get their children
admitted to these elite schools.
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