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A bust of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid. Verwoerd believed that black people should know their place – and that included staying away from ‘white’ jobs. Juda Ngwenya/Reuters

History explains why black South Africans still mistrust vocational training

Mokubung Nkomo, University of South Africa; Angelica Warchal, Tshwane University of Technology, and Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, Tshwane University of Technology

Vocational training is regarded as “low status” in South Africa. Much of the negativity around technical and vocational work seems to lie in the country’s history.

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