Tag: South Africa
South Africa’s First Professor of Physiotherapy
On the 1st of January 1973, Jean Blair was appointed Associate Professor by the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand. She was awarded the honour, in the words of the Vice-Chancellor, “..on the grounds …
Molly Levy – Mother of South African Physiotherapy
Integrity, exactitude, knowledge and wisdom, are appropriate adjectives for Molly Levy, foremost among the women who might qualify for the title “Mother of South African Physiotherapy” Like many South Africans in the early years of …
Physiotherapy’s First War
The First World War is considered the turning point for the institutionalisation and expansion of the physiotherapy profession. The sheer volume of injured personnel created by the mechanisation of arms, combined with emerging government social …
Fees and Remuneration in South Africa in the 1920’s
The South African Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics (now known as the South African Society of Physiotherapy) was formed on 11 December 1924. It had four branches, aligned with the country’s provinces at the time: …
History of Physiotherapy at the University of Pretoria
Introduction The history of the development of Physiotherapy as a profession as well as the development of Physiotherapy as a professional degree at the University of Pretoria should be seen in the greater context of …
Black Physiotherapy Education continued: The first coloured Students allowed University of the Western Cape
When reflecting on the history of an academic institution, one cannot ignore the historical and political context in which it was established. The ruling Nationalist Party ensured separate development through its Apartheid policy of racial …
History of the First Physiotherapy University Schools in South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand In 1924 the department of physiotherapy had been established in the Johannesburg Hospital and had been opened to patients in September 1925. Dr EB Woolf had been appointed as head of …