Editing Student affairs (section)

===South Africa===

Student affairs did not become a unitary profession in [[South Africa]] until the end of [[apartheid]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa|chapter=Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1920677445|isbn=978-1920677442|year=2014|editor-first=McGlory|editor-last=Speckman|editor2-first=Martin|editor2-last=Mandew|page=1|publisher=African Minds }}</ref>  As in other countries of sub-Saharan Africa, South African universities have broadly followed an American model of student affairs administration.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa|chapter=Key challenges facing Student Affairs: An international perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1920677445|isbn=978-1920677442|year=2014|first1=Birgit|last1=Schreiber|publisher=African Minds |editor=Speckman |display-editors=etal }}</ref>  Difficulties in the implementation of student affairs principles from [[developed country|developed countries]] has been characterized as due to South Africa's status as a developing country.{{sfn|Schreiber|2014|p=11}}