Figure 1.--This is a class portrait at the Selectionpark Laerskool (Springs) in Gauteng near Pretoria. The girls wear red dresses and white blouses. The boys wear white shirts, grey short pants, anf grey knee socks. The f\girls or barefoot, but that seems to be a kind of selection for uniformity. They probably also wore white socks and shoes.

The major event at South African schools in the 1990s was the end of Apartheid (1990s). This meant a major change in the resources allocated to black schools and the phasing out of segregated schools. This seems to have been a gradual undertaking as living patterns largely determine the school population. We note that traditional school uniform styles appear to have persisted through the 1990s, especially at private schools. Quite a few public schools also had uniforms. We do nototice school caps to sny extent. The uniform styles were basically English, but with an often casual style. The boys commonly wore open collar shorts and short pants. Ties are not as common as in England. As in England, grey was a popular color. We also see khaki. Girls whear the various styles of school uniform dresses worn in England. Many children cane to school barefoot, bith boys and girls. This was often on a seasonal basis. We do not see a lot of chanfge from the 1980s, except by the end of the decade that the length of the short pants began to be a little longer. Often boys wore grey knee socks in the winter term. Hirls more comminly wire white socks. Schoolwear at schools that did not require uniforms reflected popular fashion trends.

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