July 17–Saturday

Woke at 7 a.m.–first night of sleeping through!!! Walked down to cash checks and after breakfast another walk in the city area–all blacks–and then took a fairly long walk to civic center. Back in time to take 2 p.m. city bus tour. Went through downtown, entrance to Soweto (no whites go to Soweto), and then back through Jewish Hillbrow.

Got back at 4:30 to find M (a faculty member from Wits) had called to say he would pick us up at 5:15 for theater . He was late and we literally got to theater at last call. It was “The Lady’s Not for Burning”. Boring!! But well staged. Met another couple that M had invited–they were American citizens but had lived in South Africa for 8 years. He particularly was obnoxious.

July 18–Sunday

Up and ready to meet Sue Jerrry (Jack’s SA friend whom he met in London a few years ago) at 8:10. Met Sue’s hiking club at train station and took hour’s ride out of city to hill we were to climb. Rock climbing was a better word! There were about 40 of us and it took over an hour to climb to the top. We rested and talked with a Jewish lingerie manufacturer that thought “they” had all done it wrong in South Africa and would have to change. We left the group and came back alone, via a slightly obstructed way. It wasn’t the most fun I’d ever had in my life. We finally made it down by 1:15 and ate and made it back by 2:30.

Jim had been waiting for us since 12:30. We were filthy !! And both took baths and were downstairs by 3:00. We went on a 2½ hour drive to Jim’s hometown of Sharpville where the Sharpville Massacre occurred in 1960. Jim lived in Sharpville until he was 12. At age 12 Jim had to move from the black community of Sharpville to a community of “colored” people, labels being changed for his family. Jim showed us the colored community and the next door community of wealthy Indians. Jim then took us to his brother’s home. The brother was a labor/industrial relations negotiator between management and the black miners. Then Jim served us a lovely meal of chicken soup, stir-fry vegetables, prawns, and ludquat (oriental fruit). We got back to the hotel by 8:10–a very full 12 hours!

July 19–Monday

Met Joy (public relations and promotions contractor) and she took us to The Carleton Hotel where we met with the Marketing Director and PR person. Explored the possibility of workshops in South Africa. Then we were photographed and interviewed by a reporter from The Star, nice interchange. Were met by Beryl from The Institute of Personnel Research. Had tea first with Beryl and then met with the members of the institute at 11. There were about 40 people there and after self introductions we talked about computer career programs. We emphasized that development is only ½ the effort–the other half is marketing. Seemed to go pretty well. Had the traditional formal thank you and then had a 10 minute demonstration of Plato with the touch input.

Afternoon consisted of trying to get a South African rand check cashed and in the evening we discussed the U Oregon doctoral program with Jim. Some thought it best for Jim to get out of the country because he was on a security check list. Upstairs to pack for Durban.

July 20–Tuesday

Checked out and picked up by Jim and went to technical training school for teachers in Soweto. Had tour by PR woman and then Tom met us to tell us the Afrikaans view of the need for black technical people. Mentioned Uoregon would be interested in training one of the teachers to come back and teach the guidance teachers. They thought it would be better to have us come back with one of them.

Drove to airport bus terminal and had discussion on apprenticeship with Jim. At Jan Smuts Airport for 2 hours and discussed DeLange Report (Guidance report). One hour flight to Durban and met by Barry Beck and took us to U of Natal to look at the conference facilities. Went to Edward Hotel (4 star) that was a delight after The Victoria.

July 21–Wednesday

Was picked up by Anne a colleague of Barry Beck and taken to conference. Conference was started by Prof. C, principal of university and gave good stats on manpower needs for year 2000 and the small percentage of all students receiving career guidance. A business executive gave the business point of view and emphasized two points: parent involvement and getting real world experience.

After tea Dr. D spoke as Chr. Of Guidance Committee of DeLange Report. He emphasized:
* must have 5 ½% growth rate or will have 25% unemployment in future years
* features of a guidance program: should be separate subject, freedom of association, each person should be able to perform some kind of work, should be preparation for adulthood, should lead to self orientation
* needs and present weaknesses: inadequate provision and management, expanding urban populations, limited financial resources, unequal provision of resources, outdated syllabus and training

Two other people then spoke, one of them Jim, who said the DeLange report is for social control and slotting people where the state wants them.

Had lunch with president of Natal University at Faculty Club. Jack and I planned p.m. sessions which started at 2. We gave our reactions to the DeLange Report and then had them discuss this in dyads, and then in sextets. Surprisingly, it worked. Skeptics thought different racial groups would not mix but it went alright. Came back and had 45-minute group political discussion. Broke and had cocktail party at 4:30 and were cornered by several Indians. Left and had a run along the Indian Ocean. Had excellent supper and service at our 4-star hotel by Indians, but apparently we offended them by not eating all of it.

July 22–Thursday

Up and met Anne at 8 a.m. Started program at 8:45 with our background slides, then a warm up that moved them around, then discussed Job/Vocation/Leisure plus an exercise to go with that. That went to tea time at 10:30 to 11:00. After tea we did components of a career guidance program. Ate lunch with educators.

Started p.m. program at 2:00 and did 6 career planning skills and it took an hour. Then did job satisfaction/job dissatisfaction and ended with slides of Oregon. All appeared to be well received. Came back to hotel at 4:00 and had a drink outside viewing the Indian Ocean.

Went to party at Anne’s house which combined whites, Indians, and Gugu (black Zulu woman). Found participants at our workshop liked what was happening.

July 23–Friday

Up and ready to meet Anne at 8:00 and program again started at 8:45. Anne talked about working with women and I gave a decade of change for women in America. Then Jack and I talked about computers in education. At break talked to women who wanted to publish career guidance materials in South Africa. At 11 two talks from industry leaders, one very simplistic.

Had pleasant lunch with Beryl and Anne. In p.m. talked about UO program, questions from participants and evaluation. Back to hotel at 4 and had tea and dessert and read evaluations–pretty good–complimented duo approach. Ran on oceanfront and took a leisurely early meal at hotel smorgasbord–excellent lobster bisque, fish and salads, yellowtail fish, beef and Yorkshire pudding and desserts. Packed for Drakensberg Mountains.