Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Work
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The Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Work was the first institution to train black social workers in South Africa.
in 1939, and also president of cd municipal building that also housed the Johannesburg City Council's Jubilee Social Centre. From 1949 the school functioned independently from the YMCA (Cobley 1997:148-49).
After the National Party gained power in 1948, the apartheid state stopped subsidizing private education, and the Jan Hofmeyr School was forced to close in 1960 (Gray and Mazibuko 2002:198).
History
The Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Work started operating on January 15, 1941 in Eloff Street, Johannesburg, under directorship of Congregational minister Rev. Ray Phillips. The School was funded with help from the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Afrikaner philanthropist Hofmeyr. Hofmeyr was Minister of Finance and of Education under Jan SmutsJan Smuts
Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...
in 1939, and also president of cd municipal building that also housed the Johannesburg City Council's Jubilee Social Centre. From 1949 the school functioned independently from the YMCA (Cobley 1997:148-49).
After the National Party gained power in 1948, the apartheid state stopped subsidizing private education, and the Jan Hofmeyr School was forced to close in 1960 (Gray and Mazibuko 2002:198).
Alumni
Students who had trained at the School included:- Gibson KenteGibson KenteGibson Kente was a South African playwright based in Soweto. He was known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa, and was one of the first writers to deal with life in the South African black townships. He produced 23 plays and television dramas between 1963 and 1992. He is also...
(1932-2004), playwright http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Local/0,,2-1225-1242_1617214,00.html - Ellen KuzwayoEllen KuzwayoNnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo was a women's rights activist and politician in South Africa. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 1994 she was elected to the first post-apartheid South African Parliament...
(1914-2006), 1953, educator, social worker, activist, member of the Committee of TenCommittee of TenThe Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that, in 1892, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum.-Background:...
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- Joshua NkomoJoshua NkomoJoshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union and a member of the Kalanga tribe...
(1917-1999), ca. 1942, Zimbabwean politician http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/07/02/features/NKOMO.HTM - Louis Petersen [1917-2002], music administrator
- Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (1920-1969), class of 1948, educator and founder of the Mozambique Liberation Front (1962) http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG30/SG307/biography2.html