The South African Outlook2025-04-102025-04-101939-01-02http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/2810Mr J. H. Hofmeyr made an important pronouncement when addressing the Pretoria Native Welfare Association (Joint Council of European and Natives) on 30th November. In pleading for universality of educational principles in South Africa, Mr Hofmeyr declared: Segregation in Native education would be , or might be, a defensible policy if we had to deal with Natives in the reserves.en