In any education system "no other single factor determines to such an extent the quality of education in a country as the quality of the corps of teachers, lecturers and instructors" (HSRC 1981 : 180). This factor is of greater significance in the context of the new South Africa that politicians and educationists are planning. In planning for a unitary system of education and provincial education departments, the study investigates the management of InService Education and Training (INSET) mainly for teachers in the Natal-KwaZulu region......