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This article examines the transformation of social work in South Africa in response to the transition to a developmental welfare approach. Always moulding and shaping itself in response to its social context, social work in South Africa, as elsewhere, is a reflection of the broader political landscape. In South Africa the social work profession has struggled to assert its independence and become self‐regulating. It is unique in the Western world in that since 1978 it has been regulated by a legislatively constituted statutory council. While the profession has tried to transform itself in the new democracy, outside pressures have found it wanting and deeply divided. Thus, despite progress in other areas social workers have not yet been successful in forming a strong, united professional association and this severely limits its ability to lobby politicians and advocate on behalf of clients. It seems, however, that the tide is turning and social workers are gaining recognition but, once again, the challenge remains deciding on the extent to which the profession cooperates with the government's agenda for change. Social work educators took the lead in setting education standards in response to higher education policy and are also playing a part in devising practice standards through their involvement in the social work board which falls under the umbrella of the Council for Social Service Professions. However, education and practice are somewhat out of step and professional unity remains a pressing issue on social work's transformation agenda.

The article summarizes the results of a case study undertaken with the help of non-participant observation in January 2020 in South Africa. Three memorial sites have been observed: the Apartheid Museum, the Liliesleaf Farm Museum and the Voortrekker Monument. Data collection and analysis have allowed identifying the ideological and evaluative content of the expositions of museums that serve the purpose of commemorating the traumatic past of South Africa, and tracing their relationship with other commemorative narratives and the evolution of historical policy in the 20th -21st centuries. The authors draw parallels with some elements of Soviet domestic and, in particular, national policy, which, without declaring segregation goals directly, engendered similar consequences, and became evaluated as encouraging ethnic particularism in the post-Soviet period. The article concludes that in all cases in question, representations of collective trauma and armed struggle fulfill a legitimizing function, justifying the rights of ethnic and racial groups to the territory and nation building. In general, museum displays and memorials dedicated to apartheid and commemorating events related to state building represent South African society as deeply divided.

Die Ankündigung des kanadischen Premierministers Mulroney im September 1988, den Frontlinienstaaten Unterstützung bei der Verteidigung ihrer Territorien zu gewähren, bedeutet eine einschneidende Veränderung der kanadischen Politik gegenüber dem südlichen Afrika. Es wurde jedoch versucht, diese Hilfeleistungen (militärische Ausbildung, logistische Unterstützung der einheimischen Truppen u.a.) als nicht-militärische Absicherung entwicklungspolitischer Hilfeleistungen zu deklarieren. Die zögerliche Haltung Kanadas zeigt sich auch in der Frage von Sanktionen gegenüber der RSA, wo Kanada sich trotz deutlicher positiver Ankündigungen in der Praxis sowohl auf wirtschaftlicher als auch politischer Ebene eher zurückhaltend verhielt. (DÜI-Fwr)

Trotz anhaltender verbaler Bestätigung des kanadischen Sanktionskurses gegenüber der Südafrikanischen Republik durch Premierminister Mulroney ist die tatsächliche Haltung des Landes eher konservativ und in Übereinstimmung mit den zurückhaltenden Positionen Großbritanniens und anderer westlicher Großmächte. (DÜI-Fwr)