The 54 conference papers and abstracts on the possible role of computers in the world of education in the Republic of South Africa which are presented in this volume are published under the sections and in the order in which they appeared on the congress program. The names of the sections and the number of presentations in each are as follows: (1) general perspectives, 16; (2) computer-based education in industry, 4; (3) computer-based education in schools, 7; (4) comuter-based education at the tertiary level and in schools, 5; (5) computer-based education at the tertiary level, 10; (6) computers in language teaching, 5; and (7) papers received too late for classification, 7. Specific topics discussed include administration of computer-based education, computer-managed instruction, microcomputer applications and studies, cost effectiveness, teacher training, authoring techniques, networks, computer-assisted testing, and curriculum development, as well as applications in specific subject areas. Some papers include references and an author index is provided. (LMM)