ONE INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The study seeks to investigate the views pertaining to learners, teachers and parents on gender violence in schools. These views are vital in understanding and dealing with gender violence in schools. The United Nations regards violence in schools as one of the main social concerns and it should receive appropriate attention (United Nations, 2006). This is because such violent behaviours limits the basic benefits provided through
INTRODUCTION ‘There is the common belief that because most of us are literate and fluent, there is no need to serve an apprenticeship if we want to become a successful wordsmith. That’s what I thought until I tried to write my first novel. I soon learned that a novel, like a piece of furniture, has its own set of requirements and laws of construction that has to be learnt. Just because I had read plenty of novels didn’t mean I could write one, any more than I could make a chair because I had at on