Volume 40 Number 06 - Department of Computer Science

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Wits 

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At UCT 

A PEACEITUL march on 

Parliament last Wednesday by 300 

UCT students was stopped by 

police armed with riot gear and a 

water cannon. The march 

dispersed peacefully with no 

incidents. 

The students had planned to 

present a motion to Parliament 

condemning the latest restrictions 

placed on organisations. The 

motion - passed unanimously by 

over 3000 students and staff at a 

student assembly held that day - 

was supported by a wide variety 

of student groupings, including 

RAG, Nusas, Young Christian 

Students and the Sports Union. 

An Administration spokesperson 

said at the assembly : "Sansco 

played a useful and positive role on 

campus" and described its banning 

as a "foolish and repressive act." 

Guest Speaker Advocate 

Dullah Omar - formerly of the 

UDF, said the bannings 

"amounted to an admission of 

defeat by the government" and 

urged people to be optirnistic: 

"You can reslrict organisations and 

ban individuals from speaking but 

no one can ban the ideas of liberty" 

he said. 

During the meeting, members of 

the Academic Staff and 

Administration appealed to 

students not to attempt the march 

because of the "extreme danqer 

involved." 

I 

While at 

Matigs... On Friclay 18 Maich a Prayer 

'l'H[, 

Char of Stellenbosch SRC 

seriously overstepped his powen 

when he unilaterally banned a 

campus meeting last month where 

conscientious objector, Ivan 

Toms, was due to speak. 

The meeting was to be hosled by 

the Stellenbosch Nusas branch, 

who were told by the Rector to 

apply for permission !o the SRC. 

SRC Chairperson, Francois 

Beukman, told the Rector that the 

SRC had refusesd the request by 

Nusas but the issue .was not 

discussed by the SRC. 

The Rector, Prof Mike de Vries, 

had agreed to act on the decision of 

the SRC which he requested in 

writing. 

Beukman claims that he forgot to 

raise the request at the SRC 

meeting. He nevertheless wrote to 

the Rector saying:"A large majority 

of the meeting had made it clear 

that people with connections to the 

ECC are not welcome on campus." 

students protest the banning of 

democratic organizations. 

Durban Westville 

ONTHURSDAY 17 March, a 

mass meeting of over 2 000 

students was held at University of 

Durban Westville campus, where it 

was agreed to stay away from 

lectures on Friday 18 March and 

from campus altogether on 

Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 March 

- to prot€st the pending hanging of 

the Sharpeville Six and to 

commemorate the Sharpeville and 

Uitenhage massacres and to 

respond to the national call for a 

day of protest on 21 March. 

Meeting attended by over 2000 

studenls was held on campus. The 

meeling was addressesd by leaders 

of the Christian, Hindu, and 

Moslem religions. Thc resolution 

trom'l'hursday's meeting was reaffirmed. 

Following the recent banning of 

17 organisations by the 

govemment, the stellenbosch sRC 

voiced its support in a motion 

carried by 12 votes !o three and 

proposed by Beukman. The SRC 

expressed concern about 'The 

revolutionary onslaught against the 

republic." 

The Stellenbosch SRC believes 

that the sleps against organisations 

are meant in the spirit of 

"establishing a peaceful climate" in 

order for political reform to take 

place. 

The motion expressed hope that 

the bannings would have the effect 

of 'working against the build up of 

a revolutionary climate.' 

On Monday 21 there was an 807a 

stay-away on campus. Some 

students went to work in the 

library despite the resolution. 

There was a march of students 

mainly from residences. 

Altercations developed bctween 

students marching and studcnts 

working in the librarics as 

marching students attempted to 

persuade students to leave the 

library and heed the stay-away. 

Students in the library, angered by 

this, went to the SRC offices to 

complain but found them closed in 

commemoration. In the ensuing 

turmoil, a window of the SRC 

offices wa$ smashed. 

A police helicopter arrived on the 

scene firing teargas, rubber 

bullets, as well as videoing all 

action. Eight students were 

anested and several were iniured. 

...alld 

UOFS. 

UPOWER sharing is impossible 

as blacks do not have the'correct' 

cultural background and because 

they are not ideologically sound." 

So said Afrikaner Weerstands 

Beweging leader, Eugene 

TerreBlanche at a closed meeting 

at the University of the Orange 

Free State. 

The meeting was organized by a 

sub-committee of the SRC - Ordes 

(Die Organisasie vir Denkende ' 

Studente). This is, reportedly, a 

Durban 

A Mutr'lrNG protesting the 

effective banning of l7 

organisations attracted a crowd of 

2 000 students on Durban campus 

recently. 

The Durban SRC decided to send 

delegates to a national Nusas 

campaign which will culminate in a 

delegation of student 

representatives from Nusasaffiliated 

campuses across the 

country presenting a statement to 

the government at the Union 

Buildings in Pretoria. 

The SRC has approached all 

sectors of the student community 

to send delegates. Resident House 

Presidents have voted in favour of 

the campaign as did the executives 

of SAUJS, the Muslim Students 

Association, the Arts, Social 

Sciences, Commercc, Engineering 

and [-aw Students Councils. 

SRC President, Angus Stewart, 

said: "Students at Durban 

University are angered by the latest 

wave of bannings - by removing 

the last avenues of peaceful 

opposition to apartheid, the 

government has set the stage for 

civil war and further international 

disgrace. The feeling is that the 

govemment is tampering with the 

future of students, and we, as 

students, wish the govemment and 

the international community to 

know that we will not tolerate 

this." 

cultural soclety created to 

sl.imulate intellectual discussion. 

In the past, Ordes has hosted a 

speaker from the Idasa delegation 

that went to Dakar to meet with the 

African National Congress. 

The closed audience consisted of 

members of various camDus 

societies - of *hich about i5vo 

were reportedly rightwing. 

Asked for his definition of 

'Afrikaner", 

TerreBlanche inti - 

mated that the same culturar 

background and ideological 

outlook were necessary attributes. 

When asked about the links 

between the Conservative Party 

and the AWB, TerreBlanche said: 

"The AWB is not a polirical 

organization, but a cultural one." 

He agreed that the CP and the 

AWB were "culturally linked" as 

they both propogate "Afrikaner 

kultuur." 

TerreBlanche attacked the ANC, 

claiming they had no right to be in 

South Africa as they had no racial 

identity. Furthermore, they "were 

a gang inspired by communism or 

Satan himself', This statement 

allegedly elicited no adverse 

reaction.

Over 1OO.students panicipated in a picket which mafted the 28th anniversary of the 

Sharpeville_massacre, a_s well as the detentions of Rose Hunter and Tiego M6seneke. 

Tiego remains inside. The picket Kwed, moving across East campus anA ontoWest. 

Rose held for a 

week r no reason 

SRC President Rose Hunter has 

been released. She was detained 

last Monday when six plain-clothes 

policemen arrived at her parents' 

home in Foresttown early in the 

morning, told her to pack clothes 

for a week and took her away. 

Rose was released on Monday 

morning. On Friday Mojalefi 

Matlole, who had been in detention 

for 314 days was also released. At 

the time of going to press, Rose 

was not available for comment. 

obvious reason for her detention. 

Another reason, perhaps less 

obvious, but no less importan! is 

her commitment to representing 

students. 

This commitment was evident in 

the work she did on the SRC. She 

played a major role in working to 

change the image of the SRC, 

forging genuine links with a range 

of student organisations. In the 

recent referendum, with a poll of 

577o,88Vo of students voted YES 

to the present SRC. The results 

cannnot have pleased the 

government, who do not wish to 

see campus uniting under a Nusasaffiliated 

SRC. 

three days before Rose from his 

room in Braamfontein. There are 

five other students and a Wits 

lecturer who have spent between 

ten and 21 npnths in detention. 

There is no indication that any of 

them will be charged or released. 

restrtCted 

Raukie 

detained 

Throughout her years at Wits 

Rose has been active in student 

A RAU student. Chris 

organisations. Rose is a commited 

Landsberg, was detained briefly 

Catholic and is a former chair- 

on Thursday morning. He is a 

person of Wits Cathsoc. She has 

also been both national coordinator 

and chair of the National 

Catholic StudeDts Federation. 

In 1986 Rose was elected to the 

SRC as the Law Faculty 

representative. In 1987 she was 

again elected !o the SRC, this time 

as President only the third woman 

to hold this post in Wits'history. 

Rose Hunter's outspoken 

opposition to apartheid is the most 

In [erms of the emergency 

regulations Wits Student caanot 

publish any details of the 

conditions of her detention. 

During her detention, Rose was the 

only white woman in detention. 

Rose is not the only Wits student 

in detention. Former BSS and 

Azaso (now Sansco) President 

Tiego Moseneke was detained 

member of African's Against 

Apartheid (AAA) at RAU, a nonracial, 

progressive organisation 

with links to Nusas. 

Landsberg was held for five 

hours and then released, but he has 

been restricted under the 

emergancy regulations. IY8 

Stud4nt could not get comment 

from either the RAU SRC or the 

Dean of Students as they are away 

visiting a university in Taiwan. 

Police raid Barnato 

EARLY on Monday 2l March, 

an hour before SRC President, 

Rose Hunter, was detained, 

security police entered Barnato 

Hall looking for SRC member 

Mike Avidan's room. 

At 5am last Monday four plain 

clothes security policemen entered 

the res. They made their way to 

Avidan's room and demanded that 

he open the door. 

The third year medical student 

who is on the SRC was not in his 

room, as he is in the middle of 

exams and was studying at a 

friend's house. However, a friend 

of Avidan's sleeping in the roorn, 

leapt out of bed as soon as he 

heard the knocking and stood 

against the door when he saw the 

police shining a torch through the 

grating above. 

The person inside the room later 

jumped out of the window on the 

second floor. Residents at Bamarto 

claimed they could smell teargas 

from outside Avidan's door. 

Teargas in an enclosed area is 

extremely dangerous and should 

teargas have been released in the 

room, all the residents in the 

vicinity could have been affected. 

When aiked to comment, 

Avidan, a well-known figwe both 

on campus and at Medical School, 

said that it is becoming more 

obvious that the government 

intends to "clampdown on 

anything that moves." 

Wits Student asked Mike how 

he felt having heard that Security 

Police were looking for him. "I 

have had to constantly be on the 

move. Every night I sleep in a 

different place, having to worry 

about studying for my final exams, 

knowing that if I fail them I could 

get kicked out of Wits." 

Rap 

at 

Wits 

LAST week a member of staf 

was raped on West Campus. In 

the early evening, as the woman 

walked across the old 

showgrounds parking lot near the 

ion site to her car parked 

at the Wedge, she was attacked 

raped. 

According to Mr Bob Maskell of 

its Security, "An investigationis 

appening. The woman has given 

us a description and we are 

ing a couple of leads." 

This is not the first time a woman 

been sexually assaulted at 

its. A few years ago, a studen 

attacked during lecture time in 

e Oppenheimer Life Science 

ilding. Her attacker forced her 

rnto a room at gun point and forced 

her to perform oral sex on him. He 

as never apprehended. 

According to the SRC Women's 

Portfolio Holder, Beth Goldblatt, 

Most of the rapes are not eveo 

reported, and when they are, very 

few women press charges. 

t also said that a staff 

member went to the universitv 

administration about last weeks 

pe, urging them to make a 

They have not yet done 

Goldblatt said that Wits Securitr 

re "thin on the ground" and 

rged students to be aware of the 

problem as a social problem which 

needed acting upon. 

"There is the danger of womel 

eveloping an incapacitatin6 

aranoia. Women should conside 

lf-defence, carrying mac( 

ys, parking in welllit areal 

I phoning pnonrng Security Secunty if it they neet nee( 

escort," said Goldblatt. 

The SRC diary contalns tt 

incorrec't date for the beglnntng < 

the second teaching block. Ten 

starts on Thursday 14 April, n 

on Monday 11 April as publishe 

The Science Faculty, howeve 

will only be commenclng r 

Monday lSApriL 

Diary editors Dave Kimber rr 

Anthony Philbrick plead, 

innocent to the error, as thr 

received aII the dates frrom Admi

Jutrilee 

votes no 

ONMONDAY 7 March in a 

F'OLLOWING last year's 9% 

election poll, the SRC has won a 

resounding victory over apathy. 

They obtained a 57% poll in the 

much publicised referendum, with 

50,3Vo of. all eligible students 

referendum held in Jubilee Hall, voting "Yes". 

the residence voled a resounding After a week of intense 

"no" to apartheid. The referendum 

campaigning the SRC received the 

was organised by the Jubilee mandate to continue; 88% of the 

House CommitJee and resulted in a poll voted "Yes", l0% voted 

sixty-six percent poll, seventy- "No", while 2% spoilt their ba[ot. 

eight percent of whom voted Tom Plewman, SRC Honorary 

against apartheid, four percent 

Treasurer, said: "The large 

voting for apartheid, and eighteen response of students on campus is 

percent of residents abstaining. due !o the fact that this sRC has 

Jubilee House Comm said, "We jacked itself up, is effective and is 

are trying to foster better relations accessible !o students." 

between all groups in res. We held Wie Studerrt put some questions 

the referendum to determine a which were raised by students 

mandate from the res to function as 

during the course of the 

totally non-racial body. " 

referendum to Tom. We asked 

Residents were asked whether 

him about SRC 

they accepted or rejected 

apartheid.The House Comm 

lnsiateins that it was not an attempt 

to "push politics". Residents were 

also given the option of abstaining 

altogether. "The referendum was 

totally anonymous and democratic, 

not prejudicing anyone," a House 

Comm member said. 

Ms Ariadne Schellhorn, warden 

of Jubilee Hall, said she was 

"surprised" to see that four percent 

had in fact accepted apartheid. Yet 

what shocked her more were the 

abstentions. "The situation is right 

on our doorsteps. There has to be 

a commitment - one way or the 

other. We cannot pull the wool 

over our eyes and abstain." 

The House Comm l'eels that with 

the mandate given them, Jubilee 

Hall can now form into a normal, 

more positive community, one that 

will reflect a changing South 

Africa. 

Farr 

rraS, 

sabotage 

BARNATO residents registered 

shock on hearing that their Rag 

Float had been sabotaged during"' 

the fun and frolics at floatbuilding. 

The float, built around a Westem 

theme, was one of the later arrivals 

at Frankenwaid. In the ensuing 

panic to have it ready on time, 

nobody questioned the presence of 

a suspicious character hanging 

around the truck. Ostensibly 

checking the front axle, he cut the 

clutch pipe and ignition wires, 

effectively rendering it useless. At 

the same time, the House 

Committee Chair's bag, together 

with his camera, was stolen. 

Bystanders' descriptions of the 

saboteur varied, although it was 

agreed thathe wasdrunk. Barnato 

House Comm does not believe the 

incident was a product of inter-res 

rivalry, but that it was the work of 

a malicious individual, with the 

help of a little Dutch courage. 

Undaunted, Sandy Liston, Rag 

co-ordinaDor at Bamato, organised 

a group of approximately 80 

residents to sell Wits Wits, and the 

res has pledged a sum of money in 

the702 Rag Telethon. 

'accessibility'on 

StlC victon 

students asked during the They will be replaced witt 

referendum was whether or not the phones -are as soon as the alter 

SRC would continue with what completed. 

they had done prior to the Thequestionof theUDFbr 

West Campus considering the referendum. Tom replied: "[.ook at *as aiso brought up durir 

SRC office has not been open what we've got on the go at the referendum. tom siia me 

every lunchtime. He said that at moment, the problem of fees, was horrified by the governr 

the beginning of the year the keys residence fees among others." attack on democracy by effec 

were misplaced. The office was Alterations 0o the Students Union banning the UDR Sanico, al 

eventually opened. During the Arcade to accommodate a number as the Jther 15 organisations 

referendum campaign it was not of new shops are to take place and SRC was also instrumental 

open because there was a table will commence in April. "That is organising of reprcscntative 

outside the office. 

one of the reasons the telephones to- parliiment to protes 

A question that a number of have been removed." Toqug!g9. bannings. 

RagII 

"LIGHTS, camera, actioir 

is the 1988 Rag theme. S 

students think that, "Li1 

camera, sink" is a D 

appropriale theme after . 

building was washed oul 

A lot of work went into 

preparation of Frankenwald 

venue for the float buildinglc 

night on March 11. What jr 

week earlier had been unta 

African plain was now 

acceptable concert venue and 

building facility. 

Then the rain arrived. ! 

started as adrizzf,e at2lh30St 

evening had become a torre 

downpour by 05h30 the r 

morning. Five months 

preparation by a frenetic 

Committee began to float awa) 

The early morning proces 

had to stop in Jorissen Street 

returo to' Wits, finding she 

under the bridge at the botton 

Yale Road. 

The judging of floats took pi 

under the bridge. First place , 

SRC members on trialon West. 

STUDENTS living at Mens Res and peeling - more evidence of the 

complaining about the con- dampness. 

rons in the residence, especially 

Security is another major gripe. 

in College House. Students claim 

Cars are stolen with monotonous 

that despite repeated pro0ests to the 

regularity from the Mens Res 

, living conditisas 1g6ain 

parking lot. EOH and Mens Res 

far below those enjoyed at EOH, 

are the only reses without security 

ubilee, Sunnyside and Barnato, 

guards, so protection of 

although residents pay the same 

possessions is very limited. 

fees at all the residences. 

Students complain that in sonre of Window and door latches are often 

'not 

the rooms the carpets are rotting replaced if broken, and 

away, or are perpetually damp. students have had to resort to 

arpets in the hallways are insufficient make-shift coutrap - 

shoddy, dirty and smelly. 

tions to keep them closed. The 

The Dean of Men's Res cl6ims Dean beiieves it is uneconomical to 

that most of the damage to the res replace broken windows and doors 

is caused by students. He said, as the students'.vould simply break 

"This vandalism makes me angry, them again. 

but vfis1 makes me even more 

Balcony rooms are particularly 

angry is students complaining 

exposed. Doors secured with 

about it. It is their responsibility to 

pieces of rope are easily forced 

do something about it." 

open, and several residents have 

Residents allege that the heaters in 

been robbed in this way. Wits 

each room are dilapidated and 

Security have been accused of 

constitute a major hazard in some 

awarded to 

inefficiency, 

Sunnyside 

especially after a 

and Mi 

places. Broken windows are not 

Res, toppling 

burglar found in Mens Res 

the Miners fror 

replaced. Bedbugs are a problenq 

title which they 

escaped from their custody. 

have held for 

seemingly having developed an 

past four years. They had tc 

immunity to the repeated spraying 

In response, Wits Security content with second place with 

of the rooms. Students allege that 

admitted that the thief escaped, and Italian Society coming third. 

this is so severe in some rooms, 

that an investigation into the matter The question many stude 

that the occupant wakes up in 

has already taken place. Security asked is, "Why Frankenwa 

blood stained sheets, having been 

has succeeded in apprehending Dudley Baylis, Rag Chair, sai 

bitten so badly. 

another bwglar in Mens Res, who was the only available venue a 

Despitc recent renovations where 

was allegedly pilfering possessions despite the rain he believed t 

a leaky roof has been replaced and 

from students rooms while they float building was "qu 

were 

the residence painted, residents are 

sleeping. Since then, successful". He points out tha 

far from happy. Certain toilets 

complaints from students about 000 people braved the element 

cannot be used, because they 

thefts have dropped from one a build floah and attend the conc 

day to one a week. The thief was 

cannot be unblocked. The new 

"Attendance would have be 

charged with trespassing and 

paint in the bathrooms is bubbling 

much greater had it not rained,"l 

fined. 

says.

0hoc thlef tactlcs 

WITS Security's nabbing of a 

thief stealing Peppermint Crisps in 

the Senate House Shop led to the 

discovery of over R20 000 worth 

of stolen computer equipment in 

his res room. 

Klaas Johanssen was a final year 

computer science student last year. 

In January he received a five year 

suspended sentence for theft after 

stolen compuier equipment valued 

at around R20 000, was found in 

his room at Knockando Res. 

Johanssen started stealing after he 

got hold of a master key for Wits' 

Computer Centre. According to an 

informed source: "He was well 

known around here (the Computer 

Centre). He always got straight 

A's, he tutored computer science 

students and did part-time work 

here, setting up machines and so 

on." 

During August and September of 

1987, Johanssen unlocked doors 

in the Computer Centre. Wil 

Student 's bits at a time. For example: once Computer Centre was not directly 

he took a screen out of the involved, we didn't suspect 

storeroorl but left its box in place, anything." 

so we didn't realise it was gone. 

the screen was a demo model from 

our suppliers and we only found 

that it was gone when they came to 

collect it." 

Johanssen used the same method 

to steal a printer. Disk drives, 

adaptor cords and keyboards also 

disappeared unnoticed. According 

lo our source, "Repairs are done 

all the time, there are always bits 

lying around. We just wouldn't 

know if a piece or two went 

missing." 

Johanssen changed his methods 

when he broke into the Estates and 

Buildings Offices on West 

Campus. He stole a very new, 

very expensive machine, an 80386 

systems unit valued at about R15 

000. According n Wils Studcnt's 

Finally Johanssen got caught redhanded. 

This time he was stealing 

Peppermint Crisps. Wits Security 

caught him in the Senate House 

Sweet Shop at 02h00. There were 

no signs of a break-in because 

Johanssen had a key. 

During his questioning, 

Johanssen said that he found the 

Sweet Shop key in the door of the 

Standard Bank. Wits Security 

checked his keys and found the 

Computer Centre master key. 

When the Computer Centre found 

out about the key they checked 

their stocks and found out about 

the missing equipment. 

Johanssen's room was searched, 

and all of the stolen goods were 

recovered. 

RECENTLY reports have 

surfaced of some drivers being 

abusive to black students trying !o 

board buses of the Johannesburg 

Municipal Transport Services. As 

there seems to be some confusion 

as to whether blacks are allowed to 

travel on these buses Wia Studettt 

made some enquiries. 

Nowadays, many bus drivers 

appear to ignore the law that 

forbids black passengers on the 

mixed "White", "Coloured" and 

"Asian" buses. One person at the 

transport office explained: "99% of 

source, "We knew about the 80386 Wits Security, after consultation the drivers allow black passengers 

source said, "He took 

because ifs the first of its kind in 

South Africa, but because the 

with Admin, then turned the matter 

over to the police. 

and we, at the office, turn a blind 

eye." However, in another 

s (overheads 

telephone enquiry to the same 

above water 

office, a second person informed 

Wils Sadent that this is definitely 

not the case and that drivers 

violating the law risk prosecution. 

Anthony Gordon Black people may only travel and 

comperes his last remain within the law on routes 78 

ever Rag Dynamics. and 79 (Greyville and Parkhurst), 

A final joke which are officially de-segregated 

from 

routes. So black students wanting 

Mega-mouth: to use other routes expose 

"WhenIarrivedon therhselves to the possibility of 

@mpus theother being humiliatingly thrown off. 

day I knew the Black students also do not qualify 

police for the 

had been. 

Quarterly Ticket - a threemonth 

the mints in the 

urinals had been 

eaten and all the 

campus security 

dogs were 

pregnant!" 

The Rag Committee usuallY 

makes a profit of well over R100 

000 and after the washout faced the 

prospect of making up a lot of 

money and fast. For the concert to 

break even about double the 

attendance was required. Normally 

about R15 000 is raised 

during the pmcession. 

Baylis explains how some quick 

thinking by the committee saved 

the day. With the energetic 

support of 702 Radio Station, Rag 

organised a radiothon which was 

held on Saturday 19 March. A 

phenomenal R90 000 was 

pledged. 

Michael Gordon, vice chair says, 

"The way theWits community and 

the people of Jo'burg dipped into 

their pockets when our 

beneficiaries looked stranded was 

really great. No matter how much 

hard work the Rag people put in, 

nothing would have been possible 

without the magic702." 

WitsWits selling on Saturday 

was crucial. Gordon says it was 

"much the same as last year." 

Over R100 000 was raised. "This 

year the net profit is much higher 

than last year because we cut costs 

much more and raised more in ads 

- about R50 000." 

A lot of copies went unsold and 

selling fell short of the target. 

Gordon hoped for more sellers - 

"next year we'Il go on a drive and 

get more sellers on the steet." The 

magazine itself is judged to be one 

of ttre best in recent years. "Roy 

Blumenthal grafted really hard," 

Gordon said, "It's the first time 

we've ever had Wits Wits 

delivered a week early." 

last year money Wits Rag raised 

was donated to the Alexandra 

Health Clinic, Muldersdrift 

Clinic, Entokozweni Health Clinic, 

Riverlea Social Services, the Wits 

Campus Law Clinic and the Wits 

Street Law Clinic. Baylis wanted 

to raise student awareness of the 

socio-economic problems in our 

society, especially through 

publicising information about the 

beneficiaries and getting more 

students involved in this aspect of 

Rag's activities. 

The Rag beneficiary team has met 

with UCT'S Rag to study their 

sub-committee, the Student Health 

and Welfare Committee (Shawco), 

which handles the financial 

distribution to beneficiaries and 

has very successfully involved 

students in "hands on" work in 

underprivileged communities. 

Baylis says he realises if Wits 

had to adopt a similar project, it 

would take some time before it 

became "fully workable". 

.student pass for off-peak 

buses which costs R34,60. The 

first municipal official spoken to 

felt black students were adequately 

compensated for, as they could 

purchase a Multi-Journey ticket 

costing R4,80 for l0 rides. 

Journeying !o and from university 

each day would cost around 

R20,24 per month, twice the white 

student fare. 

The second official again 

contradicted the first. He 

black students cannot get an 

reductions except on the routes 

they were legally entitled to trave 

on, in which case the 

concessions apply to both 

and white students. 

When asked about the possibili 

of desegregation being extended 

other routes both officials 

that it was unlikely. Routes 

and 79 are not really experi 

they said; they were opened to al 

races because there were too 

whites utilising the service. 

INIfits Sfirdenl vol 40 no 3, lt was stated that the Vice Chancellor, 

Professor Charlton did not lsse a statement condemning the bannings 

last month of 17 organisations This is incorrect. Prof Charlton issued 

a statement soon after the bannlngs, condemning the government's 

actions. Wits Sfudent apologises for any inconvenience this inaccuracy 

have caused. 

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-NEWS 

many complaints about high 

canteen prices. We approached 

SRC member Berenice Garb, and 

she and a lvits Student rcporter 

discussed the probiem with Steve 

Corry, Deputy Director of Catering 

Services. 

In the face of Garb's insistent 

bargaining - backed up by the 

reporter - Mr Cony agreed to 

lower some prices, such as health 

rolls, down from R2,10 to R1,90; 

salads from R1,45 to R1,20 and 

fruit buns from 45c to 30c. 

He also said that fruitjuices are 

to be sold as well as the standard 

orange, guava and grenadiila 

concentrales - the juices will be 

delivered daily. 

Mr Corry refuses to negotiate the 

prices of ice-cream, cigarettes, 

chocolates and chips, because they 

are "luxuries" and an important 

source of business. 

One or two of the less profitable 

unis of the catering division are in 

danger of being closed down. 

This, apparently, is because Wits 

has never been subsidised to the 

extent that a university such as 

RAU is. 

The canteens run at a loss as their 

price increases are lower than the 

general inflation rale. 

As well as this, Corry warns, 

students must bear in mind that 

each polystyrene cup they 

nonchalantly destroy costs Wits 

Catering 3,1 cents. Millions of 

cups and paper plates are used 

annually. 

For those of you hot chocolate 

addicts who have been going cold 

turkey for the past week and a 

half. the news is that maint€nance 

was contact€d a week ago 0o repair 

the vending machine but nothing 

(as you all know) has been done 

about it. 

W its Stude nt however. is 

pleased to point out with pride the 

re-appearance of the cheese/bacon 

and cheese/ham toasted 

sandwiches as a result of our 

article in the last edition. 

Sharpeville Six 

vy Fetane: an uncle on death row. 

THE recent one month stay of execution granted to 

the "Sharpeville Six" has once more drawn attrention 

to the large numbers of people awaiting execution 

and !o the families they will leave behind. 

Francis (Dan) Mokhesi, one of the six, is a thirtyone 

year old professional football player, with a nine 

year old daughter, Modise, and a sister living in 

England. He was convicted on the basis of evidence 

given by [wo state witnesses, a Mr X and a Mr Y. 

The six were convicted for the murder of the deputy 

them Justice1 

Human recognized that they did not commit the I 

murder but held that they had been part of a crowd of J 

rent protesters who shared a common purpose in the J 

kiliine. l 

"My uncle is mayor of Sharpeville. In convicting 

StudentDisciplinary 

Committee - the 

n0t 

g u ilty 

Following a number of eoquiries 

the case was taken !o the Student 

lYits Student spoke to Ivy Fetane, Mokhesi's 

fifteen year old niece. She is not his niece by blood, 

but her mother and Mokhesi were brought up 

logether. Talking about her uncle, Ivy described him 

as "very friendly". "He used to take us out !o 

bioscope - every weekend he came to us. If he had 

money we went to bioscope, if not we stayed at I 

home." Ivy is the youngest of seven children and J 

lives in Noordgesig with her nnther who is a clerk at 

Coronationville hospital and her father who is a 

panelbeater. 

Ivy has not seen her uncle since his imprisonment 

in February 1985. 

"l think it's unfair," she says. "They say he killed a 

man and he didn't, and it's not fair now his kid 

Modise has to go and stay in England - she has no 

one to live with." Modise Mokhesi will have to 

leave Soweto if Francis Mokhesi is hanged, to live in 

England where his sister now lives. Ivy says she 

will miss her cousin. "They are staying in Soweto 

and come every we-kend !o stay with us." 

We asked Ivy wrrat she thought of the State 

President. "Botha, I hate him, he's unfair because 

how can he kill a woman?" 

Theresa Ramashola is one of the "Sharpeville Six" 

and if she hangs will be the first woman to hang for 

a political offence. Ramashola is the breadwinner in 

a family of tfuee daught€rs. Ivy says of her, "My 

heart is sore about her, because what is a home 

without a woman?" 

Ivy spoke of how she came home on Thunday 

before the hangings were due to happen, to discover 

that they had been put forward a month: "When we 

found out he won't be hanged a lot of people called, 

even one from Brazil, a lot of people were very 

happy. Overseas they had a day where people 

boycotted for the 'Sharpeville Six"'. 

Fire 

A fire in the Richard Ward 

A WITS student who allegedly 

threw stones at police during a 

protest on campus last year was 

acquitted at a disciplinary hearing. 

The incident occurred on 30 APril 

1987 during a confrontation between 

students and police (armed 

with riot equipment and teargas) 

on Jan Smuts Avenue. 

highest disciplinary committee at 

Wits. Disciplinary committees are 

composed of two academics, a 

student and a member of Council. 

The committee has the power to 

treble fees, expel, suspend or 

remove the privileges of students it 

finds to be guilty. 

Witnesses called to the hearing 0o 

testify included high-ranking 

members of Wits Security. 

It is University policy that the 

content of certain disciplinary 

hearings is confidential, and names 

have therefore been witheld. 

building on Monday 21 March, 

was started by a faulty switch in a 

Computer- The fire was 

extingfrsned by Wits Fire staff 

before the municipal fire 

department had arrived. 

The previous week fire drills 

were held in Senate House were 

the building was cleared. There 

was no fire alarm in Richard Ward 

and students and staff in the 

building carried on as usual. The 

arrival of a fire engine only drew 

specutors. 

EACH TAALET CONTAII{S: Caffein€ C/T g0mg Caflelne A,/K 9omg Mag Sllicrle 3mg Trrtrazlno trlco. Sixtieth 

THE newly-elected Medical Students 

Council (MSC), is to concem itself with 

issues ranging from allowing beer at 

Medical School, improving security in the 

parking lot, making students "aware of 

political issues" and publicising and 

condemning situations such as 

Baragwanath Hospital and health care 

segregation. 

"The beauty of this MSC," says the new 

President" Za'ev Levin, "is that it is made 

up of very different people with different 

interests."

IUEUUEI- 

Students to challenge Pretor 

TODAY student leaders from all 

campuses with Nusas affiliated 

SRC's are going to the Union 

Buildings in Pretoria to protest the 

banning of the UDF and 16 other 

organisations including Sanseo, of 

former tsSS president and Rose 

Hunter, SRC president. Erica Elh 

the acting SRC president, told a 

packed Great Hall that 

rcpresen!atives from various 

campus constituencies would be 

Wits students will not only 

register their protest against the 

bannings and the De Klerk 

regulations, but take with them the 

messaSe that Wits as a community 

rejects the detention of Rose and 

opposition to apartheid." Elk 

particularly condemned the 

banning of Sansco which was 

working with Nusas to build a 

non-racial society. She said, "The 

banning of Sansco is a direct threat 

which the Black Students'Society part of the national protest. These Trego. 

to this process." 

(BSS) is an affiliate. 

Last Thursday a general 

assembly was called in response to 

the detention of Tiego Moseneke, 

constituencies include SRC faculty 

representatives, reps from 

residence House Committees and 

members of clubs and societies. 

Elk said, "The banning of the 

UDF is a violation of human 

rights, the right to exist as an 

organisation and express 

Black Students' SocietY 

president, James Maseko, 

condemned the detentions of Tiego 

Moseneke and Rose Hunter. The 

banning of Sansco meads no 

natiooal co-ordination of black 

students' organisations across the 

country is possible. It is also 

aimed at isolating students from 

other sectors of the communitY. 

Other speakers at the student 

assembly included Professor 

Hunter, Rose's father; Winnie 

Mandela; Frank Chikane, former 

General SecretarY of the South 

Africao Council of Churches 

(SACC); and Chilli Tuht of the 

Federation of Transvaal Women 

(Fedraw). 

Mandela urged all students to 

"build a future together"' She 

said she looked forward to the day 

when there would be one student 

body at Wits. 

Chikane, speaking on the role of 

the church, said, "Churches are not 

bound to obey the laws of 

apartheid. It is in our obedience to 

God that we must break these 

laws." He went on to accuse the 

government of cqeating .r 

Prof Hunter, Rose's father; Erica Elk, acting SRC President; Chili Tutu, of Fedtraw revolutionary climate by its 

and Winnie Mandela singing the anthem at the student assembly. 

Scag ig noise over statu 

ll 

House armed with picks and 

shovels for Mofolo, a squatter 

community in Soweto's centre. 

On arriving they found the 

cleans up 

ART needn't be locked uP in the 

residents had been cleaning for two 

noise, no-touch atrnosphere of 

hours already. 

art gallery. Maybe it should be 

The SCAG helpers filled I 200 

bags of rubbish, and unblocked 

as you round some boring 

the river. They said they had only 

I'IFTY eight students cleaned uP 

curve; something so crazY and 

"scratched the surface" by the time 

gmatic that your curiositY is 

the Mshenguville river in Soweto they left. Crowds of community 

aroused, despite efforts to staY 

last weekend as Part of a SCAG's dwellers helped with ttte cleanup. 

asleep and you start questioning its 

community action Programme. Msheguville is amongst the 

origin, meaning and purpose. 

Fifty students from Wis and eight largest squatter camps in Soweto, 

Such was Lewis Levin's 

from Tukkies took Part in the having 40 000 residents. Members 

intention when he single-handedly 

clean-up which lasted all daY. of SCAG said the residents would 

The students left GlYn Thomas continue the work they started. created the much loved and hated 

sculpture in front of the John 

vandalise it, the happier he is. 

lrvin believes it stands as an 

open invitation to everyoDe to 

experience aspects of sculpture 

other than the visual and !o 

the rule of sacred silence that 

surrounds the viewing of art. 

The Dean of the Architecture 

Faculty, John Muller, (who is, 

incidentally, a town pl 

would like to return Levin's 

sculpture to the scrap heap and 

restore the square to its state of 

pristine dullness. 

Wits MSC elected 

Moffat building. 

lrvin is a final year architecture 

student. He used bits of old 

mining equipment gathered from 

caodidates stood for five places, working with other committees 

various sources to coDstruct a 

achieving a 46,6Vo poll, with ten such as religious groups, Nusas 

delicate and interesting sculpture 

candidates on a ticket called "The Health Directive, Class Reps and 

that depicts Johannesburg's mining 

Procrastina0ors" who promised to Admin. and to create mediating 

past and indeed, Wits' original 

do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING if bodies around issues which divide 

function as a training college for 

elected. 

students. 

They also recognise the need to miners. 

Other members of the MSC 

bring many main campus activities The sculpture is alnost entirely 

which is now in its 60th year, are: to Med School. 

metal and the hollow tubes on the 

Ivor Douglass, Vice-President and This MSC is unique as it has one side aro meant to be clanged 

Education Officer; Sandy Pelhamcreated 

new portfolios including together !o make a BIG NOISE. 

Foster, Treasurer and Allied that of Allied Medicines for allied lrvin wants all students to share 

Medicines Liaison; David Dembo, 

health workers such as and delight in his sculpture with 

Entertainment and Publicity; physiotherapists, nurses and him. The more people who climb 

Heather Brown, Student Liaison. occupational therapists who have all over it, bash out tuneless 

This year's MSC has prioritised never been officiallv included. 

on rts DlDes or even 

Muller claims one person had 

complained about lrvin's "Work 

of Art". He said: "I will 

holding a meeting with the 

students about the statue shortly." 

Muller claims the noise disturbs 

him and besides, Levin didn't go 

through the right channels before 

putting it up. 

Levin feels that he might have 

been an old man before the 

aesthetics committees and vari 

other bureaucracies had finished 

with it. He decided to rather put 

up without permission in the hope 

that students would like it and 

make sure it didn't get carried

Four nettu faces on the SRO 

- NET'VS 

B gtt in a 

Judy 

v o n L i e r e s H{i#Tyl*:"Ni'dl;:1lj 

In a university community as 

large as that of Wits there exists a 

kaleidoscope of student interests. 

Many of these can only be 

transformed into challenging 

activity through a representative 

structure such as the SRC. The 

SRC has proved that it is capable 

of co-ordinating student interests at 

the level of student services and 

around broader socio-political 

issues. Last year the SRC played a 

pivotal role in co-ordinating 

diverse student interests by uniting 

campus around the De Klerk 

regulations. Together with a 

number of other sectors of the 

university's community, students 

Sarah 

Raisin 

I am being norninated as 

general represenlative on the SRC 

and have no specific portfolio. I 

shall work to further the aims of 

the University and the SRC; to 

promote and encourage respect for 

human rights and for fundamental 

freedoms for all without distinction 

as [o race, sex, language or 

religion. 

I have been at Wits for four 

years (finishing a BA and starting 

an LLB) and through working on 

the Free People's Concert 

Committee this year, I have gained 

experience and insight into the 

machinations of the SRC and 

University adminisaation. 

I believe it is important for the 

student body to be represented 

effectively so that we may demand 

certain rights and ensure that these, 

and other rights, are upheld and 

respected. 

In recent years the SRC's 

credibility and efficacy has been 

greatly criticised. I am not entirely 

convinced that the majority of 

students understand exactly how 

the SRC operates, what. services 

the SRC ensures and negotiates for 

defended the university's historic 

role in actively opposing apartheid, 

I have been a co-ordinator of 

the Economic Research Committee 

for the last two years. My work in 

this SRC sub-committee has 

provided me with a number of 

skills which can be put to good use 

on the SRC. We have co-ordinated 

activities for campus and liaised 

with other sectors of the 

university's community such as 

the administration. In addition, that 

work taught me a variety of 

practical skills such as media 

oi"o1l'i#.";*oentrepresenrarion 

heightened by "De Klerk" and the 

recent crackdown on numerous 

democratic movements, thus 

leaving Nusas, through the SRC, 

as one of the few surviving voices 

of opposition to Apartheic. 

The SRC traditionally serves to 

"represenf' the student community: 

* While I support effective 

representation, I favour student 

participation 

* 'SRC 

News' provides a 

channel for communication and the 

SRC has taken consultation with 

student bodies seriously 

* Yet, I'd like to encourage the 

SRC to open its door, explain 

what it's about and facilitate active 

support by providing appropriate 

be involved in activites that engage 

students around issues that affect 

their own education and defend 

their right to receive the kind of 

questioning and challenging 

education the university has to 

offer. I intend to participate in tlte 

SRC's education programmes. At 

the same time I would like to be 

involved in student efforts to 

defend the right of every student, 

black and white, to participate 

fully in the university's 

community. This means being 

involved in activities that oppose 

the banning of Sansco and 

restrictions on black student 

representation. 

The SRC is holding a referendum 

in an effort to rectify its position as 

a student government with 

insufficient mandate. I am 

confident that student opinion will 

prove overwhelmingly in favour of 

the SRC because we recognise that 

it does have a significant role to 

PIAY. 

The SRC provides a service to 

students and a service to society: 

+ While student services have 

been provided, I feel they could be 

improved, especially on West 

Campus 

* I do believe that student 

government has a role to play in 

channels such as sub-groups. 

The SRC has endeavoured to 

create student unity oD campus 

through the ethic of non-racialism: 

* Much more caD be done. I 

believe the SRC has a vital role to 

play in encouraging racial, 

religious and sexual tolerance and 

should provide a forum whereby 

dissenting student groups can air 

thet differences and find their 

similarities. 

Having been extensively 

involved in student affairs, I 

believe I have gained sufficient 

experience to exercise a 

constructive role on student 

government. 

specific interests - there is an 

"imoasse" working here: Students 

generally do not support the SRC 

(for reasons already outlined 

above) aod, on the other hand, the 

SRC cannot realise its full polential 

for lack of essential support. 

In order to resolve this 

situation, the age-old problem of 

communication must be overcorne. 

This can be achieved through 

publications and personal contact. 

For example, student services 

committees, such as the 

Residences Liaison and Senate 

Library Committees, can only be 

effective through penonal contact 

which entails SRC representatives 

physically meeting individuals, 

and hearing their grievances. 

For these reasons it is 

imperative the SRC continue !o 

strive for active communication 

and to continue as a dynamic and 

sympathetic organisation and it is 

the political future of this country. 

This role has obviouslv been 

Anton 

Roskam 

'fime spent at university, they 

say, is the best period of one's 

life. Not only are we as students, 

being challenged intellectually in 

whatever discipline we pursue, but 

also by our interactions on a social 

and political level. But this 

challenging environment can only 

be such if it is well co.ordinated in 

all spheres. One important sphere 

is the SRC. 

I believe that this SRC has 

proved itself. From a well 

organised Orientation Week to 

creating unity around political 

issues such as the De Klerk 

regulations it has facilitated greater 

coDtact between students. The 

SRC therefore has an important 

role to play on campus. 

I have been involved in the 

Economic Research Committee, an 

SRC sub-committee, for the last 

two years. This has meant 

learning how to organise aclivities 

on campus, co-ordinate 

membership, negotiate with 

admin, produce media and fundraise. 

I believe that the experience 

I have ocincd .2n ha nrrt fn anni 

Our univenity and students are 

under atBck from the Nationalist 

government and we need a sftong 

and hardworking SRC to counter 

these attacks while still 

representing students. 

There is a need for the SRC to 

defend Sansco agaiDst its banning 

and I would like to be invr:lved in 

this work. At the same i.ime. I 

would like !o continue my work in 

ERC as I feel this sub-committee's 

work is part of the SRC 

programme. 

I am also interested in 

representing the needs of the 

students to the administration, that 

is ensuring that they have a say in 

and are informed about decisions 

taken by the administration. 

This SRC has worked hard 

and if I am PIF?tcd I intFnd t^ rl^

Community Resource and 

Information Centre (CRIC) on rhe 

first floor of the Highpoint 

Building in Hillbrow, 

Johannesburg, in the eariy hours 

of the moming ol 8 March. 

After ransacking the offices, 

paper and equipment u,ere piled up 

on the floor and doused with 

petrol. 

At this point the arsonists were 

disturbed by Anglo American 

Property Services guards. One 

arsonist smashed a plate glass 

window, lacerating himself in the A member of Cric surveys their ransacked office. 

processandescapedovertheside abovc the CRIC offices is the ofEmergency. well-prepared fire not been 

of the Highpoint building' Highpoint block of flats, one of CRIC "staff issued a statement extinguished.,' 

Security guards were able !o put the iargest flat complexes in condemning the inciden! citing it They further demand the release 

out the fire' Johanneiburg. as another eiample of a ""oncerted of stiff members: Mike Seloane, 

Although it is claimed that police Recently, Mike seloane, a CRIC campaign of harassment against Ellick Nchabeleng 

were 

and Connie 

repeatedly informed, they staff member was detained. CRIC oppon.ns of the govemm"ni w. Hlatswayo. 

only arrived t'o investigate at lpm has endured sustained repression aie shocked at thI perpefators of CRIC, established in 19g3, 

and stayed foronly l0 minutes. over the past t1o y"u.r. Eightr.n the crime who naa nJ regara for provides resources 

The 

and 

fire brigade *-T no-t- months ago CRIC offices wire fire the lives of hundreds of rlsidents information for progressive trarle 

informed until the CRIC staff bombed and six 

Al ?td'l,g"t o p s-ff[|hfljfi:r 

staff memberr 

9f 

the Highpoint flats 

at 

who could 

t.ilL 

unions, comnlur-riiJ ar'j youth 

ltidj 

ON 24 February restri< 

the Congress of South African 

rrade dnions were s:.i*il broken up rrlnT:-",f lt:.T "?:?f,i*?"??l?[;.oration l'r"r'"'fl:iffi:iiT*iiitr#;H 

These resh:ictions together 

impending amendments*rl"rti 

have been shor of tl-,e death of any permn is so for employers to succeed with 

ll*t1t-y:loers 

rauour Riatio* e.,,ignur uln .ni ffi:_#r."J:-"'f:;tr J:J;;i!:: ;:T#3;*",lll'J#8,:l#il +?,Tffi,i;jffi:"liHll,lll 

tro the way Cosatu functions' 

:- a;r;;;;;; srewards. Even cerrain sectors of business action will be fbr an 

Cosatu 

employer 

was 

to 

launched in 

November 1e8s. rr is a federation Restrictions [:;L$:.,frTis""f:n:r:i'- :x.:r J]""f T"i,i?::tillfJ 

of trade unions which upholds the 

principles of non-raciali;;";; 

The reslrictions show that even ridiculous to say trade unions These damages can amount to 

democracy. 

these mcasures wcre not enough to should be apolitical and it is time to huge sums of money." The 

cosatu has grown from just cnd cosatu's effective opposition accept the fact that they nlav a campus-based Economic Research 

under 500 000 member"s""r'i* 

to apanhcid - 

" 

the govern'mcnt had political role." 

Committee (ERC) is more direct: 

launch to just over 

[o 

a00 

make 

d0 

political*trade unionism Cosatu is planning to contest the 

"lf sued, the unions would be 

me mbers now. 

illegal. restrictions in couit. bankrupt within a few hours of an 

At the launch, Elijah Barayi, .The restrictions 

'illegal'strike." 

prevent Cosatu If Cosatu does not succecd in its 

president of the federatio " -'-1 " from: '-iC"mpuigningfortheuntranning attempts !c overtum the restrictions According to Cheadle, a Cosatu 

about the links berween #nfi 

it will be limited a *"."r.pi... lawyer: "fhe. right to strike is 

and rhe position of black ;;i;;r; 

of organisations such as the UDF. issues only. indispensable to effective collective 

,,Cosatu 

knows about d;;;;; _*Commemorating 

days such as bargaining because 

LabOUf 

it is the threat 

felatigns 

problems of workers :-tr,.il June 16 and Sharpeville Day. The proposeo imendments 

or possible 

to trre 

industrial action that 

*Commemorating 

experience of hunger, star";i;;, 

the death of Labour Relations Act (LRA) will 

that employers take the 

:::1T: 

or no politicar ri[rrts, u;;; ":v^p::3n. ^ 

take "the sting out of itre rait" or bargaining 

lt_1":::,:r::llective 

educationwhichwasmade "i 

*Ca-lling 

tokeep 

for the boycott of Cosatu's bargaining power. 

t:.lo:tlY. and attemPt to settle 

workers in wage 

aparth€id.structuressuchasblack 

slavery.,' fi. 

Cosatu will no longer be able to 

tfllT-:,_ 

'l-he 

plc4ged 

municipal 

Cosatub 

authorities 

u"riu. iuppori 

and the tri- back irs workers' dlmands with 

response of employers to the 

iu, ihor. 

tlTt_olparliamenL 

organisarions ;;;i;; 

shong action. Theamendments 

has been 

l^t-"1^:::d-:1:ndments 

ror a democratic poriricai .y;; ' Jffill1glT5,:l;ji?ffffi* ;T:T#i #tr rhe powers or ll'f;;i "iii'j'";"Illl?u'"Ti 

"The launch of Cmatu made *Campaigning against the system *F.urther restrict 

accePtance 

the risht to 

of political union jsm, 

organisationfeelstrongeratatime of detentionwittrouttriA. strike. most refused to reject the bill on 

when they were being attacked in *Calling for negotiations between *Restrict the scope 

gTlnd:,ihat 

of the unfair 

they did nor have 

the middle of the State. of 

llr. 

thegovernmentand representative labourpractice 

the "clout." to persuade the 

Emergency. Our decision to join organisations foi a new *Increase the repercussions 

government 

for 

to withdraw it and 

political struggles outside the cunstitution. "the 

unionswhosem.-L*p#;i;;; 

governmenr. would pass it 

factories encouraged people to *participating in or encouraging in unlarr{ul strtkes. nonetheless." 

fight back " Barayi recalled. the formation of alternafivi *Muku it illegal for workers to cosatu plans to hold an 

The government's reaction to structures such as street strike on a "saire issue,, within a emergency national congress on 9 

Cosatu has shown that Barayi's committees. 

wordswerenotemptvrhe'oric.tn 

-Reacting ro rhe resrrictions 

t:1,ff#tifi'Jjff, 

.,.,u.. " 

:1|.trt""riji'ilJ:-1ff;Tr,:T 

the two short years of its existence Halton Cheadle, Cosatu lawyer crimlnal offence. the LRA. It has wamed that there 

cosatu has had its offices bombcd, said, "The restrictions u.. rnudu In an article outlining the would be widespread prorest by its 

its unionists detained and banned meanlngless by their *'ide and ramifications of thc

Glose-up on dentists 

STUDENTS at Dental School are 

dissatisfied. But they told-lIib 

Student they don't want to speak 

out "You don't want to kick up a 

fuss," they say. 

They don't want to kick up a fuss 

because they claim: "You know 

you won't pass. You won't 

become a deriist." 

"lf Wits Student printed my 

name," one said, "they'd fail me 

straight away." 

Dean of the Dentistry Faculty, 

Professor Preston is alarmed. "I 

will always take the students' 

side," he says. "If they could 

prove any discrimination to me, I 

would take it up." 

It seems that's just the problem. 

While students feel justified in 

claiming that if they speak out, 

they'll be victimised, they find it 

hard to put their finger on what 

exactly how they could prove it. 

"Everything we do has to be 

approved by a doctor," a student 

told us. "The doctor may refuse 

approval or subtly give us a hard 

time. A bad name in one 

department spreads quickly." 

"We do what we're told," she 

says. 

Prof Preston acknowledges that 

the staff do talk. "It's a small 

faculty and staff do get talking 

about students. If there is a feeling 

about a student I call the student in 

and ask him or her what the 

problem is." 

Students confirm this. "The 

professors work in close union. If 

something happens in' one 

department, all the others know 

about it." 

"We're treated like children. 

First year dental students are 60Eo, I can't say they've had 

treated better because they're part adequate exposure to all the 

of Wits and have nothing !o do techniques. So if the council asks 

with Dental School," a student tells me to prove that a student's been 

us, 

to all his or her lectures, how can I 

"Were dealing with adults," the prove it?" Conputerising each roll 

Dean counters. 

call seems to be the way the 

"If you're dealing with adults, Faculty deals with problems of 

why are lectures compulsory?" proof. 

askedWils Studcttt. 

A student claimed he was fined 

""I don't want to say students Rlfi) for not attending lectures. 

have to go !o each lecture. But if Preston assures us they are not. 

they fail their exams, no one will "They fine themselves by not 

be sympathetic if they haven't coming to lectures." he says. 

come to lectures." 

There could be a fine for leaving 

Roll call is taken at each lecture. a patient waiting. The only big 

But the Dean assures Wils,Sfuderl, issue the Dean remembered 

"It's not really roll call. A list is concerned students who were 

passed round the class and signed. fined for going on holiday while 

And that should only happen at they had patienls to attend !o. If 

lechrres where the lecture theatre is the offence is serious, the faculty 

empty." 

will ask the student to submit a 

Students say the Dean has a list written explanation for his or her 

of the iectures they have missed. "I absence, The explanation goes 

don't look at those lists," Prof before the university disciplinary 

Preslon tells us. "They go onto the commision. The student can be 

computer and only when a fined. "We stick strictly yo 

problem arises do I consult them. university rules," the Dean says. 

"Of course, we can call a lecture a Students demand, "Are we part 

seminar or tut, which is of Wie University, the Department 

compulsory but we wouldn't lite of Health and Welfare or the 

!o do this." 

Medical and Dental Council?' 

The rationale behind the roll call For the purposes of holidays, 

is the Medical and Dental Council, students claim they're under the 

to which the Facuity of Dentistry is Department of Health and Welfare. 

accountable. 

They get five weeks vac in 

"Students must be proficient in December, one week in April, two 

mechanical procedures and weeks in June and their September 

clinically proficient," the Dean vac has been scrapped. They end 

says. The Medical and Dental up with just under half of what all 

Council demands that each student other students at Wits (except 

reaches a cerkin standard before he Medics) get. 

or she writes final exams. 

Dentists' day starts at 07h30 and 

"l don't mind a person missing goes on until l7h0o with lunch at a 

different time !o other students and 

with lab work being done du 

lunch, after varsity or dur 

weekends. 

"Ask the Dean why Dentists I 

the highest suicide rate," a stur 

said. The Dean admits that 

course is pressurised. "We net 

48 hour day to fit in all the clin 

and academic work." 

The faculty is thinking 

changing the system. A minim 

of clinical procedures would n 

to be followed and the rest wc 

be made up as they come. 'l 

20Vo of lectures. but if thev miss 

DENT, rs 

could make for more total care 

patients, and relieve the str 

created for students trying to 

their quota of procedures fulfill 

Sometimes, students say, patid 

dont arrive and then procedu 

can't be done. Without tt 

quota, students lose their DP's i 

can't write final exams. 

A student complained, "T 

lecturers teach you to ha 

dentistry. They're negative ab< 

the profession." The Dean said 

Dentistry Faculty was the onll 

wits to have a survey done of 

lecturers. "Ninety percent of 

lecturers have been evaluated 

the Academic Suppo 

Development Centre." I 

students have the chance 

evaluate their lecturen? 

For the first time last ye 

students made an award to t 

lecturer they considered to be t 

best in the faculty. "He ben 

over backwards for students," s 

one student of the recipient. T 

student would not reveal t 

lecturer's name. 

Prof Preston said, "I'm r 

alwavs sure such an aw 

L 

Sexist and racist lecturers 

Towers. "There were complaints laid agai 

him of sexual harrassment and assault as w 

as racial abuse," our source said. This perr 

SEXUAL harrassment has been cioed as u 

grievance by some dental students. One 

lecturer in particular was singled out. "He gets 

pleasure out of touching you, saying thingi tr 

you. He feels your bra strap whin you're 

trying to conlend with patients, " a woman said. 

harrassmenthascontinued. Apparentlyhehas 

been known !o make racist remarks too, calling 

Indian students "curry munchers", 

No one wished to reveal his name or their 

names because "he's vicious and we'll be 

victimised." 

Dawn Loudon who held the Women's 

was unsure whether Towers was e\ 

disciplined. 

Metaxia Anastasiou believes the charges w 

dropped when they reached the SRC for fear 

victimisation. 

She says, "But I can say I haven't yet be 

approached by anyone saying they wt 

The Dean knew nothing of the incident. "lf Portfolio on the 1986/7 SRC confirmed such a sexually harrassed or racially abused. Wom 

the Medical and Dental Council found a thing case existed but could not comment because are a minority in the faculty. They are oft 

like that, they'd put him off the register," he people involved in the investigation were sworn reluctant to speak out against sexism 

said. Students claim the lecturer in question 

had actually been warned and had "quietened 

down" although others asserted the sexual 

to secrecy. 

A source \lits Student deems !o be reliable 

confirmed the academic in question was named 

harrassment." 

At the time of going to print Wits Student r 

unable to contact the Dean for further comm 

DSC is'rnickey nloLlse' 

"SOMEDAYS I come horne feeling like I want 

to kill," a dentistry student said. Wils Student 

sensed feelings of impotence and resigpation in 

the face of a barrage of stifling faculty rules. 

Students seem afraid to do anything about their 

grievances. 

"The Dental Students Council is mickey 

activities, but when it comes to trying to change 

things, it's impossible." 

Another student said, "No-one wants io speak 

out. You'll be called into the Dean's office and 

that'll be it. We can't say anything, can't do 

anything and we can't change anything." 

Saul Sacks, last year's Dentistry reD on rhe 

students have to fulfil a certain quota ofpract 

work, specially with regard to conservatio 

leeth. 

The most alarming aspect is the amoun 

powers such top down methods place in 

hands of lecturers. "They have power over 1 

because if they don't sign the treatment ca 

you can't fulfil your quota of procedures. T1 

you're finished," says Sacks, who admits 

had difficultv chanpins lhinos drrrino hi" tp'

A tough 

iob 

Stttderzt vievus 

What is the best thing about 

behgo dcntlstryttudcnt? 

* We ger all me women - Rfut 

(2ndyear) 

* Nothing - George(6thyear) 

* Getting out of here - Arwn A 

(3rdyear) 

* I enjoy all the guys in my class. 

There are lots of advantages to 

being one of the only girls. Also 

I'm leaming things a girl doesn't 

usually lean - Brend.a(3rdyear) 

WhdLs tlu wontthing? 

* Bad breath - Robert (2nd year) 

* Everything - George (6th year) 

* The registers they take. My 

class mates have tests this week so 

they didn't go tro a class today - 

they didn't need Do because it 

related to an assignment they'd 

already done. Dr Veres in 

Prosthenics said, "If you bunk, I'll 

l"k. l".l :o-,lh"^ 3:i i:: t^::i, 

METAXIA Anastasiou accepte 

the position of SRC rep at the last 

minute "because nobody else 

wanted the job." She speak 

wistrully of what other faculty rep 

have been able to achieve while sh 

and the Deotal Students Counc 

battle along in a small, closed 

community where the status quo is 

challenged with difficulty. 

"I've found it difficult to achieve 

things," she admits, "becaus 

many students- saw 

'political' 

me as 

because I'm on the SRC 

and didn't trust me. I was also 

scared of how my lecturers would 

see me if I began challengin 

everything." 

She believes that over the years 

students have bottled up their 

feelings and said nothing becaus 

they didn't want their marks 

affected. Nonetheless, Metaxia 

believes she has made dentistr 

students more aware of generil 

campus issues, even explaining the 

reasons for the protests often 

observed from Gate House. 

"In the referendum I got at leas 

l0O students to vo0e, whereas only 

three voted in the SRC election in 

August," she says. 

The Dean expressed concern She believes the 

about 

DSC should 

students' 

be 

fear of speaking reflecting the views 

out about 

of dental 

their grievances. "It,s students more 

natural 

and not 

for 

be 

students 

an 

not to want !o auxillary service to 

rock 

the powers 

the boat. 

that 

But if s a misplaced 

feeling," he said. 

',I be. Some students, she feels are 

hope on the Council 

students' 

because 

problems 

they think 

will filter dowr it will reflect well 

to 

on 

me. 

in their CV's" 

Avenues have been but others, she 

established 

asserts, "are 

to do so. I hope working very 

students will 

hard." 

use them." 

Unfortunately, "they are too scared 

as a Council and are not very 

autonomous." 

Metaxia complains the faculty 

adheres to Wits rules which suir 

them but takes the line from the 

Medical and Dental Council when 

this serves their interests more. 

fined R200 last year for being 

For instance, The Medical and 

absent from class on two 

Dental Council insists on prool 

occasions when they took 

that students are attending lectures. 

registers. Basically it's 100Vo 

and so the faculty takes roll call, 

attendance for tuts and lectures - 

Most students "automatically take 

Arwn B (3rdyear) 

it that lectures are compulsory". 

Wltat are your lecfuren liF,t and 

If you're going to make lecture; 

are you happy wilh yourcounes? 

compulsory, then the standard 

* They're immature - and they 

should be higher," she says, 

treat us like children. There is no 

"Third years spend their morning 

lecturer/student interaction. They 

at Medical School and there the, 

give you very little help - basically 

see lectures aren't compulsory 

they say "learn everything". It 

they're of a higher standard anr 

sometimes seems the course is 

lecturers are vetted by the Medicr 

designed !o fail you - Robst (2nd 

Students Council." 

y@) 

Responding to criticism tha 

* Lecturers are fairly good. The 

some students sleim thsy'y6 nsye 

courses are heavy but that's 

seen her, Metaxia said, "Coc 

necessary - George (6th year) 

municating in this faculty i 

* In second year the lecturers 

difficult because first, second an 

were like school teachers - AronA 

third years are all separated. 

(3rdyar) 

Nevertheless, she asserts, 

* The lecturers are okay - ifs the 

rules thev go by that piss us off. I 

' 

good idea. Many lecturers don't Students Council. Students 

have the same exposure to suggest that competitiveness and 

students. It could cause jealousy amongst the staff could be 

resentment among staff. Students the reason for the faculty's 

are very happy with it. The displeasure. Some feel that it 

Faculty is not quite so happy." could be the fact that the lecturer 

does something for students and 

SRC rep, Metaxia Anastasiou students registered approval 

claims the Dean approved of the through the reward and that's the 

at a meeting of the Dental 

LI, 

line of the contention. 

to disect a stiff. like 

wants us to. Shaving forpatients 

is one thing...but cadaversl - Anon 

B (3rdyear) 

WMan yourfubn plans? 

* Probably practise in Sandton - 

Robert (2ndyear) 

* Army, then private practice - 

George (6th year) 

+ Make lank bucksl If you want 

to become a dentist you have to go 

through this shit - but ir's 

necessary - Anon B (3rd year) 

* I'd iike to work in a hospital as 

a dental consultant. I reallv like 

the atmosphere in hospitals - 

Brenda (3rd year) 

Does the SRC rep do her job? 

Does the Dental Student Council 

,zrysentyou? 

* DSC is full of promises but 

don't do anything - Robert 

* I can't say much about the SRC 

rep - we don't see her. The DSC 

does a good job - George (6th year) 

* SRC rep hasn't done anything personally went around an 

and the DSC is fucked 

introduced myself to students

Why does BSS Pursue aPolicY 

ofwn-pticipion? 

"The non-particiPation PolicY 

was unanimously adoPted bY black 

students on this camPus and other 

English-speaking canpuses 

country-wide. What it means is 

that black students do not 

participate in structures such as the 

SRC, Faculty Councils, class reP we should feel a part of this 

system and Residence house university and participate at all 

.t . . . , 

committees. Because black levels like white students but the 

and their bofcott:- until the rccg'nt : : : 

studeDts are a minoritY on camPus, reality is that we form a very small 

the chances of our being able to minority here - bisatisco - dii almo$ all"eultural :, 

unlike the South 

, 

infl uence these structures African reality, where we are the 

ng activities is one of the mosf ,' 

, 

meaningfully is minimal. 

majority. 

ilalLisrrcs onbampUi: 

"More important however, is the "Through the policy of non- 

fact that we see ounelves as participation we have forged 

members of an oppressed and tremendous unity arnngst 

exploited community. As students students on campus. However, it 

we feel a sense of responsibility to is important to sftess that this 

ensure that the skills and 

policy is a tactic and not a 

advantages which we gain out of principle. This means that we are 

university should be taken back to in a position to review this policy 

our communities. 

from time to time depending on the 

"The reality of the situation is that conditions prevailing on this 

we live in an apartheid societY, and campus and within our 

the university enviroDment cannot communities." 

be separated from it. 

lf you contbue to otganLse 

" Consequently black students sepmtely how do 1nu see tun- 

experience difficulties which white rucinlism nmife sting i&elfr 

students wouldn't really think "Although some students see us 

about, or have do deal with - like as practising reverse-racism we are 

black students being kicked off not racist. Our existence as BSS is 

'white' 

buses or experiencing dictated by the conditions that 

more subtle forms of racism. prevail in our country today. 

Accomrnodation and fees are also Apartheid has bred racial 

issues of impor[ance to our discrimination and has widened 

members. 

cultural barriers. In our attempts 

"For these matters to receive to desftoy apartheid, we can't 

adequat€ attention we have to ignore the reality of these barriers. 

address them as one solid and BSS believes that it is the 

united body. 

responsibility of all South Africans 

"An ideal situation would be that to work towards building a non- 

ocratic antl-apartheid people. 

nisations saw the effectlve Since universities provide one of 

banning of the South Afrlcan the few meeting places in South 

National Students' Congress Africa for blacks qnd whites' 

Sansco) - the umbrella body of student movements have alwaYs 

black students at tertiary been cuncerned to use the situation 

lnstitutions 

and foster the exchange of ideas 

and experiences. 

Sansco has been at the forefront 

of the struggle to change unequal Nusas, establlshed ln 1942, 

educatlon. As an affiliate of the inttitially represented both black 

now banned United Democratic and white students. However, in 

Front, one of Sanscots aims has 1968, Steve Biko recognised that 

been to ffve fa a future ln wNch conditions in South Afrlca did not 

every person regardless of race or permit for one student body: 

sex, will have equal rlghts and Nusas was comprised 

opportunides 

predominantly of white students 

from middle and upper class 

Students have often Perc€ived backgrounds and could not 

Sansco and its afllliates on the accurately represent the vlews of 

English-speaking campuses as underprivileged and disadvantaged 

racist organisations which admit black students. Biko 

only black students lnto their subsequently led black students 

ranks. Thls perception has out of Nusas and formed Saso 

deepened as the medla and Press (South African Students' 

have become increaslngly unable Organisation). 

b rturatelyportayfte tue realff 

of South Afrlcan soclety. During the 1960s and'70s, Saso 

Apartheid has effectlvely shut was one of the main proponents of 

down the hearts and minds of a black consciousness - an important 

large percentage of the whlte and formative stage of black 

population - isolating them from opposition. Saso, along with 

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racial and democratic society. The build non-racialisrn "We have 

Freedom Charter says: "South worked together in opposing 

Africa belongs to all who live in it apartheid education and apartheid 

- both black and whi!e." 

rule in the country as a whole and 

We want to creale a new society on campus. Nusas and BSS wen 

where discrimination based on actively involved together in 

colour, sex, creed and religion will opposing De Klerk." they said. 

be unknown. 

While agreeing the non-racial 

However, because of our 

alliance is "not perfect", they 

different backgrounds and 

pointed out non-racialism is a 

experiences, BSS feels that it is process embarked upon in the her 

necessary l,o continue to organise and now of a racist and 

independently of while students. undenncratic society. This mean 

Black and white students come it can't be achieved overnight, nor 

into organisations from different is it "something which can only 

backgrounds and with different begin on the day of liberation." 

experiences and perceptions - 

"We are working together much 

consequently their responses are better now - educating each other 

often different." 

and students in general and 

Nusas and BSS 

building non-racialisrn The 

alliance has improved ten-fold," 

TheBSS 

exec pointed out that BSS said. 

Nusasand 

the now banned Sansco BSS asserts that the possibility r 

had 

one student organisation for all 

ansco banned 

South African students who shar 

the same principles has not been 

dismissed. The present policy is 

tactic, they poinled out, not a 

principle. The policy is reviewed 

rcent clamodown on three-quarters of South African hnnned in 1977. 

from time to time and change 

would depend on the conditions c 

Student organisations emerged 

campus and the needs of the 

again in 1979 with the formation 

democratic movement. They said 

of Azaso (The Azanian Students' 

"What we are saying is that right 

Organisation) and Cosas (The 

now conditions do not permit this 

Congress of South African 

change." 

Students). Azaso was based on 

University campuses, while Cosas ffi 

operated in black schools. Cosas 

was banned in 1986. 

If such an organisation were to 

Azaso retained elements of black be formed, a serious process of 

consciousness until it adopted the consultation and debate would 

Freedom Charter and broke awaY have to take place on tertiary 

from its par€nt body, AzaPo' institutions nation wide "because 

(African Peoples Organisation). there are no white students at the 

In 198617 Azaso changed its universities ofZululand and Forl 

name to Sansco - th€ name change Hare, The Soweto College of 

was to be in line with popular, Education, etc. 

progressive UDF-affiliated The BSS exec hembers said th 

organisations who espouse non- policy of non-participation and 

racialbrn 

BSS' commitment to a non-racra 

The banning of Sansco is a non-sexist. democratic South 

serious blow to student Africa guides this relationship wi 

organisation. Black students are other campus organisations. 

They have "nothing 

being hampered in their sfugle to 

to talk abor 

realise non-racialism and with the Students Moderate 

democracy while white students Alliance" whose presence on 

campus is seen as "a 

are being denled thelr limited 

threat to rac 

access to the views and ideas of harmony and student unity." 

fellow citlzens. Sansco's banning On the other hand BSS works 

is an attempt to generate tension together with the Muslim Studen 

and devisiveness among South Association (MSA) as they form 

oart of the black student 

the and manv other African students.

AsWiS Stufunt was going ln to print, SRC president, Rose Hunter 

was released. Durlng herweek long spell lnside, flr$ atJohn Vorster 

are and then at Diepklmf, the Wits community responded with 

sympathy and outrage. This is a tribute to a well-liked 

and hardworking president and increasingly popular SRC. 

There is no apparent reason for Rose's detention. She was not 

rged. It seems Rce was detained to keep her out of the way and to 

weaken the SRC. The same motives must lie behind the continued 

detention of five BSS members and law lecturer Raymond Suttner, 

On Friday last week Mojalefa "JJ" Matlole was released after ten 

months in detention. JJ was never charged. Instead he has been placed 

under far reaching restrictions which prevent his participation in a 

number of organlsations and dlsallow him from criticising among other 

things, the government and government backed hcal authorities 

For one week Tiego Moseneke, former BSS president was in 

Diepkloof with JJ after being detained from his Braamfontein rmm in 

the early hours of the morning on 18 March. He remains in detention 

along with fellow students Mokgomobi Mogodire, Pascal Moloi, Jacob 

Mtshali and Chtis Ngcobo and lecturer Raymond Suttner, No one has 

been charged. 

Only Peter Mnisi, who was detained between lectures last May, has 

been charged. He is one of 30 people accused in a treason trial which 

aims to show that the alternative structures set up by people were 

treasonous 

The message ls: Opposition to apartheid is criminal. Wits Studcnt 

urges students not to forget other Witsies in detention now that Rme is 

with us agaln. 

WiA $udcnt congrahlates the SRC on achieving an lmpressive poll in 

the recent referendum. Perhaps roving ballob are the ansrer to all the 

worries about poor participatlon. 

Of couse if SRC members sit on thelr butts from now untll August a 

low poll is guaranteed. On the other hand if they continue to involve 

students in student government, support for this SRC and for SRC's in 

general will grow. 

In response to the NSF's advertisement n Busiwss Day, 

fStudents could in fact vote at secret ballots, as always, in Senate 

House and the DJ du Plessis CenFe. 

rSfudents unconcerned about lack of prlvacy, were able to vote no at 

roving ballob. 

rCounting of votes was supervised by Admin. 

tAdmin electoral by-laws dlsallow first years from voting in feferrnda 

and by-electlons in the first term. Hundreds of first years wlllingly 

signed a petition in favour of keeping the SRC even though 

igners did not go out expressly to glean votes from them.If they 

had been part of the referendum proper they would probably have 

pushed the poll up. 

The aim of the NSF and lts afliliates is clear: sit on the sidelines and 

bleatl create as much negativity around |rllsas sni the SRC as possible. 

lt's far easier to break down than to build up. 

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Sort-of and Jordan Beagle. 

Also thanks to VOW, Tanya, Gtlbert Marcus, Ellie, Vasu, and Co, 

CPU- especially Abu, Afrapix, Saspu News Service and everyone's 

Whorepresents 

these pseudo 

intellecural 

Or is the problem perhaps that 

lefrwing bourgeo 

brats are waiting for 

their "maids" from-the northern 

suburbs to come and clean up aft 

them? 

Wh 0? 

MadcDevenrcy 

DearEditor 

Steve Louw 

In vol40 no 3 Wia Stutunt ran P.S. Has the SRC not recently 

interviews with the SMA and been given an unprecedented 

SRC. I was amused to read the mandate for the provision of 

SMA's reply to the questions put student activities? Should not thi 

to them. However their statement, mandate be extended to keeping 

"lt's very unnecessary for anyone these premises clean and ensurin 

to stand up and say they have the discipline amongst those 

right to represent students," organisations (including the SRC 

angered me. During registration itself) which use these facilities. 

this year I was approached by a P.P.S. Could these self-same 

member of the CSC and asked to persons stop spraying slogans or 

make a contribution to the CSC. the wall, thereby contributing to 

Being new on campus I was not the increased alienation of Wits 

sure what the CSC was, so I worken from their forms of soc 

asked. I was told che CSC interCOUrSe! 

REPRESENTED ME if I everhad 

any problems. 

It is stated in the interview that 

the SMA put up two candida0es in 

last years CSC elections and both 

were elected. I would like to ask 

the SMA how they can put up two 

candidates to stand for a council 

which can say, "WE 

I fccl very stron€ily that 

REPRESENT 

YOUI" Is it perhaps 

anonymity in lettcrs is totally 

a case of 

double standards? 

despicablc and uselcss. How cu 

I would like Peter 

someone with somcthing to saY t 

Coufomanos 

to clear up the confusion, by 

behind the mask of a pscudonYm 

publically telling us on which 

Apathy. That singlc word sum 

side 

of the fence 

it up. Apathy and fear of the stat 

he and the SMA stand. 

quo 

If they stand by their 

stops people from saying wl 

stat€ment 

made during the interview then 

lhcy are. This is utterly 

I 

feel that 

disgusting. 

the SMA memben on the 

What 

CSC should resign from thcir 

do students have to fcar? 

positions. If they do not t}en the 

Other studcnts? Ha. 

SMA cannot be viewed as a 

If you wrote a ietter complainin 

credible "voluntary group." 

about canteen food, wny oo you 

Confitsed 

have to sign your name 

'Nauseated'? 

B Cottun I 

That just weakens 

your point, not to mention your 

stomach. Indeed, I feel sick at tl 

mere thought of pseudonyms. 

The media'sYours 

faithfully 

a mess 

.rA;n.-}@rteus' 

+gSn*rcqetre- 

.tlneF- 

-Jafie 

We were recently most 

DisgustedLlBV 

disappointed when upon entering 

P.S. Please use my pseudonY 

the Medra Centre. found it to be in 

I feel my life might be in danger 

an unholy rness. Light tables were 

you diwlge my real name 

patched with paint" whilst the 

screening table was 

indistinguishable from the rest cr Make 

the mess. 

The statE of the cerrtre beries 

reason. The persons who use tl.,s rTty day 

room are supposedly those who 

are working for a just South Africa @ 

- and yet they find ir difficult to magazine will get revenge. SoAil 

clean up their own :ness! lt is time of Forturw magazine rejects anY 

thlt these organlsations and inference created bY WitsWits 

in

do with humour. 

This is not funny. I wam the 

edior right now that we have 

already engaged the services of an 

experienced veteraD of several 

commercially-inspired wars. He 

will also handle the matler of lVirs 

Wits stealing our adverts. 

You have been wamed. 

TluE&or 

' 

SoAbr of Fortutu nugazitu. 

Budget 

botch 

Mn du Plessis was sitting at her 

kitchen table trying to balance her 

cheque book. Butherpen was 

really big and she couldn't lift it. 

So she called to her husband to 

come and help her, but Barend 

couldn't budget. 

EconomM. 

J?, \rvell, 

No, fine, 

A more ambiguous questioo to 

answer than the SRC Referendum 

question (Does the SRC have Yow 

support to continue?) would be 

hard o find. What is a'Yes'vote? 

(select hvo of the below - there are 

at least two right answen) 

Similafly, does a'No' vote 

suppofi representation abolishment 

or is it a vote of "No Confidence" 

in lhe current SRC? 

Well done, SRC. VerY clever' 

For fear of writing off 

representation for ever, those 

opposed to you (and it could be 

around 907o of camPus), will not 

vote'No'. Instead, theY will 

abstain or vote 'Yes'- their'Yes' 

being in support of some form of 

student govemment. 

UnfortunatelY, when the "Yes's" 

are countei the differences 

between them r.vill be lost' So You 

will stay in power. Very craftY. 

Another thing - Claire Joyce won 

the 1987 election. An SRC 

campaigner told me she had to go 

overs€as, so she can't act as 

Presidenl. OK, that's fair. 

"But Erica Elk came second. 

Why isn't she President then? 

Rosemary Hunter came third, so 

whv should she be the leader? 

What happened oo Erica Elk? 

"Oh, she's on West CamPus." 

"What s that got to do with it?" 

"She's over there gathering 

support for the SRC Referendum - 

all the SRC members are"' 

Ja, well, no, fine. 

I wonder why theY bother to 

have an election if whoever wants 

to be President gets the job? True, 

only 9% voted. But those that carc 

about these things obviously prefet 

Ms Elk !o Ms Hunter (Io Prove 

their efficiency maYbe the SRC 

should give their PR PeoPle better 

training in question evasion). 

NB 

Rose H untcr, in fact, Pre ceded 

Erba Ek on tlu PoIl - E&arA 

Collective. 

soc 

DeealfiaSat&nt 

We are interested in starting a 

British Society on cahrpus and 

would like to get in touch with as 

many other British students as 

possible. 

We would like the society lo 

focus on contemporary issues of 

British interest - and not be an 

attempt to re-establish Colonial 

ideas. 

Non-racism and non-sexism 

should be imPortant Policies of 

such a societY. 

So to all You non-snobbY Brits' 

give us a ring! 

Thanks 

NeUWA*er (18'l-6152') 

Antuew Deati (706-6358) 

allowed 

Palestinian 

ensure 

Perspective 

-EEffi 

een ttae iight-wing pro- 

Israeli propoganda ofSrarr and the 

ravings (without much analysis) of 

the MSA's Crilerion, where is an 

intelligent student supposed to get 

a decent perspective of the 

Palestinian issue? In desperation I 

Flost. 

have tumed to Wits Studorrt ... 

please let's see a feature on this 

issue soon. 

Needinglrciglrt 

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One suspects that the results of 

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It seems that more competition 

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Studentsin the Groove 

Glaire 

Johnston 

on a moral level. I am anti the State and its 

actions. 

Jolrn 

l-e)Zclerr 

John Leyden ls 23 years-old and the bass 

pllryer in Mango Groove. He's studying his 

MA tn Philosophy. 

How did you get hvolved in trutsic? 

When I was 16 I took Classical guitar lessons. 

It was boring and only lasted a few months, so 

I am largely self-taught. I always nurtured an 

obsession with marabi and ,twel4, South 

African mu-sic forms, as well as Pop. This is 

what Mango Groove is. I am the onlY 

remaining original rember. 

Di! you votc in tlu SRC refenndum? 

No - more a matter of indifference, I support 

the SRC in principle. 

What do you think of Rose Hunter's 

dctention? 

I am completely opposed !o all detention 

without trial and I see no reason to detain Rose. 

Alan 

Clalre Johnston ls 20 years old and ls the 

vcrcallstfor Mango Groove, She is majortng ln 

Engllsh and Philmophy in her BA. 

How dVyou get itlolved in nlatsic? 

When I was ten I played Tessie in the musical 

Annie.l always loved music and singers such 

as Ella Fitzgerald. I had a couple of years voice 

training and joined Mango Groove when I was 

in matric. 

l-a,=ar 

Who te your fantria wtsiciaw? 

Ttrc Gentines and Midniglx Haur. 

Inve life? And goupies? 

At the moment I am uninvolved. I find 

groupies very flattering, although one must be 

sensible about them and not let them boost one's 

ego too much. They're very valuable for 

records and concerts though. 

Ijfestylc? 

I live with my parents in Parktown North but 

I'm going to leave home when I have enough 

money. Contrary to popular belief, South 

African musicians don't have much. 

'tilhen 

doyou jol? 

Mainly the Pool Club and lots of movies. 

How does everyou in fte fund get on? 

We've got no problems. 

What do you thittk of thc South African music 

intusty? 

They're pretty useless - they should generate 

more money inlo local music, which is very 

valuable and worthwhile. 

Which gigs do you likc? 

I like playing for students most. They're our 

biggest following. Witsies like us because we 

are a Wits band. Obviously I wouldn't play at 

places like Sun Ciiy. 

How does muzo life affect your studies? 

I have a long, elaborate justification for my 

laziness. You have to put your mind to it 

because there's very little free time. 

What's it likc to be anuTo on catnpus? 

I am occasionally recognised. I still get a 

fright when people are surprised to see me. 

Generally, people don't take much notice, 

which I appreciate. I often feel self-conscious 

after a gig on campus bul these help because 

lecturers will help me get away with nrore. 

Didyou votc ia the SRC refercndum? 

I voted 'Yes'. Llanl-antr,20 years

I- AFTTSi 

Greg Elsworthy (27) an ex-Larry Amos 

guitarist was recently inJured in a 

swimming accident in Durban. He is now 

paralysed from the neck down. Els$rorthy 

was known in the music world as a 

"monster guitarist". Voice of Wits is 

holding a benefit @ncert on 31 March at 

the Boz to raise money for Greg. Larry 

Amos, Robber's Dog and Steve Walsh 

trbilfferhox 

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Above: Bernoldus 

Niemand en die Swart 

Gevaar - pad of the total 

onslaught? 

Right: Steve Howells 

drumming up supportfor 

alternative Afrikaans 

rock. 

rr ent 

IT LOOKED innocentenough. A 

book review about a detective 

slory. Something along the lines 

f Sherlock Holmes and Hercule 

Poirot. It was not to be ... 

Dirk Genrly's Holistic Deteclive 

Senc! rs not your average 

riective thriller. Dirk Gently is 

not just your average detectlve ... 

he never could be. 

The story involving a mal - 

functioning electric monk that has, 

a propensity for jumping from 

trees onto horses' backs yelling 

"Geronimo!" is the creation of 

Douglas Adams. Adams is the 

thor of heroes such as Zaphod 

Beeblebrox who appeared in the 

popular science fiction 

(that's what he calls it) trilogy 

beginning with T he H it c h- hiker's 

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Dirk runs a seedy detective 

agency but there the comparison 

with other dicks stops. Finding 

females furry feline friends and 

solving Schrodinger's Cat 

Boe 

IT'S getting light 4gain. 

It ne 

stops, endlessly darkening : 

brightening - a day-ni1 

continuum that plays havoc '* 

one's senses and with each n 

darstardly dawn comes a fn 

determination not 0o touch alco 

again. 

My pupils are struggling valiar 

to shut out as much light 

possible and it is with extre 

difficulty that I am sitting he 

behind this typewriter doing U 

review. But review I must as t 

fierce editor has threatened 

withdraw my East Camp 

parking sticker, and even wol 

my fellow jollers are beginning 

doubt my claim that I am 

journalist. 

Thus I sit here with tl 

awakening birds trying !o recollt 

my thoughts about the past we 

and in particular about the past tru 

days.Actually yesterday was a to 

blur and 0o recount it now wou 

be a bit useless so I'll concentr 

on Friday night and what turn 

out to be the jorl of the year - 'Di 

Eerste Alternatiewe Afrikaan 

Rock Konsert'. 

With a scintillating lineu 

f e auing D ic G e rcfu.me e dc B lue 

Band, Koos, Die Klrels 

Bernoldus Niemond enDie Swa 

Gevaar, and The Geuines, as wt 

as a bright red poster, I was dra\ 

to The Pool Club like 

teenybopper to Patrick Swayze. 

But so too was most of Jo'bu 

murderer, a weird professo 

Samul Taylor Coleridge minu 

"The Rhyme of the Ancien 

Mariner", a sofa and six Apple 

Maclntoshes. 

The Adams humour is as wack5 

as ever. As in all science fictior 

however, some interesting aspec 

oflife, the universe and everythin 

else are dealt with at the expense o 

cornmon sense and rigour. 

Recounting the story ir 

impossible and it would dc 

Adams an injustice. The fint fev 

chapters are vaguely sensible an 

logical but it's only Dear the en( 

that the pieces fall together ... 

nicely, surprisingly, obviously 

(Perhaps it has something to d< 

with computen.)T 

Adams's latest offering ir 

certainly as good as the Hitchhiker 

trilogy but the style ha 

changed slightly for the bette 

The humour is less Monty Pytho 

like. 

Dilemma are his specialities. The book is complete and 

In the course of his adventures, consistent but the best part ofit is 

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maak 'n 

But as they 

' 'o 

lay, boer maak a but were instead Obies boys in 

plan', and as I was dressed like a khaki. 

boer (vellies et al), I made a plan. "Shwhat ares you doing?" I 

Whenever the urge for a drink enquired in my most polite voice. 

became stronger than the urge to "Ticketing meneel" said the traffic 

boogie to the bands, I stumbled cop to me, while slapping a ticket 

downstairs to the King of Clubs on the windscreen of a car parked 

and had my regular 0equilla and outside the Pool Club. 

beer combo to the crooning shains "What the hell for?" I asked, "If s 

of Marvellous Marvin Gave. bloody half past twelve at night." 

Of all the trips downsiairs rhe "It doesn't concern you," came 

third was by far the most eventfu! the reply, "This car is parked on a 

and as such warrants a paragraph yellow line and is getting a ticker." 

in this story. 

Enraged I swallowed the string 

I had just finished the by then of profanity that was about to 

harrowing descent of the stairs come out and dashed off for that 

when upon emerging onto the drink. I mean why get outraged at 

street I walked straight into a rather merely another form of 

large man in a uniform. My first harrassment the fascist forces had 

reaction was to turn and run, but been doling out on the concert? 

my tequila swamped mind First ttre posters advertising the 

coalldn't get it together to co- concert were seized in a Security 

ordinate with my legs. It was then Police raid on the offices of 

that the confusion set in. These Graphic Equalizer and then the 

men were not PW's boys in blue concert was effectivelv barred 

I 

from taking place at the arranged 

(and advertised) venue, the 

Yeoville Recreation Centre (the 

Wreck). 

In their infinite wisdom, the 

Johannesburg City Council placed 

a ban on black people attending or 

performing at the concert and 

banned the sale of liquor. This is 

particularly inane when one recalls 

that less than three weeks ago the 

multi-racial band Witrston Jivc 

Mix-upplayet there. So what's a 

few tickets for parking on a yellow 

line in the middle of the night? 

However I digress. Before I lose 

total control of my senses I'd best 

do at least a token review of the 

bands. Ja, well, no fine (to use an 

overworked expression). They 

were great (to use a suitably 

sweeping adjective). 

I am yet to find a more stunning 

band than theK4rels and a funnier 

looking (and acting) lot than the 

Swart Gevaan that accompanied 

Bernoldus Niemand, who by the 

way had the audience totally 

enkanced and yelling for more and 

more. The unknown and unusual 

Koos (all four of them) made a 

noise and so did Andre le Toit and 

his guitar. The audience grinned 

broadly and gave up pushing 

towards the bar. 

So with that out of the way and 

my mind rapidly tuming into jelly 

I'11 finish off with rhree highly 

interesting quotes from the 

evening: 

"Hierdie is 'n Weermag liedjie, 

van Nam af - dis Namibia jou 

doses" - Bemoldus Niemand. 

"I can at last say that I'm an 

Afrikaner and proud of it" - 

member of the Gercformeerfu 

Blues Band." 

"I'm sorry, the manager is still 

not available for comment" - 

secretary of the manager of the 

Parks and Recreation Board after 

three days of trylng valiantly to get 

hold of the fucker. 

I 

lay 

batfle 

rll 

ll t 

HOW is one to interpret I 

world according to Beckett? 

real people live in tash cans? C 

a blind man nrle with the autocr 

zealof a Botha and yet wallo\r 

self pity? Do the slaves revc 

Most importantly is there noth 

as funny as unhappiness? 

Beckett does not supply answ 

he does not offer ready-tosolutions, 

only do-it-younelf ki 

He does not write plays that i 

easy to direct or lines that are ei 

to remember. His charactersti 

to themselves, to the audien 

sometimes to each other. 

Just as you s1a1 trkilg the pl 

too seriously, a pun strikes y 

like a slap with a cold fish. [rv: 

and gravity are presented in tl 

same lines, and yet there ii 

incongruity; we know that it is s 

Rosie Fiore and her cast are to 

commended. Particular ment 

tur@. 

ustasyou staftt 

playsuiou 

pun shikesy lik 

slap with a cold fis 

Uncut films at Festival 

who, in Beckett's meatiest role 

Hamrq presides over a dilapida 

kingdom of a slave, two stinki 

dustbin dwellers and a toy d< 

With a powerful and harmor 

voice his dominating influer 

from a wheeled chair overshado 

his tendency to take Hamm I 

seriously. 

FOR the pervert, lecher and sex 

fiend (who are not adept at 

appreriating cinematic aesthetics) 

there are bare breasts, bare bums, 

and explicit love scenes galore. 

For the more discerning, there is 

a bizarre plunge into the 

destnrctive mind of a seemingly 

angelic girl (Kaprisky), who 

amorally ruins the happy 

relationships that others enjoy. 

Her mother finds a Eansitory relief 

from her dull married life in the 

arms of an experienced lover aod 

she cannot accept this affair. It is 

not her father whom she is 

concemed about, but rather the fact 

that the Iover has chosen her 

The Year of the Medusa 

mother instead of herself. This 

indignation manifests itself when 

she pushes the lover (Giraudeau) 

into the jellyfish infested waters of 

the sea, knowing full well that he 

suffers from allergy. The 

Medi0erranean Sea is shown in all 

its azure beauty, but it is shot at 

eye-level, making it menacing 

instead of inviting. 

Sex is always diseased in the 

film. All married couples indutge 

in affairs with other people; the 

lover himself is a pimp who 

organises whores to service his 

elite clientele; Kaprisky enjoys a 

romp in bed with a young German 

couple (ultimately she's 

instrumental in causing their breakup) 

and the quantity of exposed 

flesh on the screen adds to the 

unhealthy image of sexual 

relations. 

The soundtracl by punkrockers 

Nina Hagen and lrne Lovitch, 

highlights the foreboding 

atmosphere and underlines the 

ominous unfoldings of a 

psychotic's subversive 

personality. The consequences of 

the holiday are dire but the joumey 

through the mysteries of the mind, 

is unforgettable. 

The comic aspect of the absr 

theaffe mustnever be downplay 

Lara Foot and Fergus Armstro 

as Nell and Nagg ponder t 

nature of happiness wonderfu 

from their bins and wonr 

whether its time for love. Dar 

Toerien as Clov, the only se 

propelled character in the pl 

shuffles bravely on behalf 

everyone. 

Every thinking person, ev 

those opposed to Beckett's pr 

stricken humour, should take ti: 

to see this play. It returns on 

and 10 April in rhe Amsl 

Festival.

Nurden becomes history 

we 

In case 

our readers 

haven't noticed I lf*l 

Wib Studerrtlsfortv Vl 

years old. (Don'tworry 

if this revelation escaPed 

vou. even Nurden doesr't 

take that Iong to pass.) 

Accordingly we thought it would 

be entirely appropriate to embark 

on a hisiory of Wils Studcnt , and 

we've been thinking about it ever 

since. But to get the ball rolling, 

we decided to kick off with 

Nurden. 

Here it is, the complete hlstory of 

the life and times of one Nurden 

A. Scamota. 

Nurden was created in 1980 by 

the comic genii, Eric Barlin and 

Sheldon Cohen, augmented by the 

cartooning skills of David Shapiro, 

the now famous "Zapiro" who 

drew the banned UDF calender. 

The series Tfu Seven Labours of 

Nurden was agargantuan success. 

This series with minor changes 

was repeated with equally 

mammoth success in 1983- 

Nurden stumbled through most 

of his labours, misadventures and 

finally in 1983 that anguished 

moment - his death. WiA Student 

ran a banner headline "Alas! poor 

Nurden..." campus was stricken! 

We couldn't let him rest there. 

Especially after Vice-Chancellor 

Du Plicity's stirring epitaph: "We 

each choose a particular ocean and 

dive in and swim like hell. 

Unfortunately some of us drown." 

L:st year enterprisingWiA Stufuttt 

reporters investigated a nrmour 

that Nurden was in fact alive. The 

strory that he was dead and buried 

was proved groundless. Phoenixlike, 

his name was wrenched from 

the Scamola hall of mediocrity and 

placed on a pedestal alongside 

such immortal greats as Alfred E. 

Neumann, Caliban, Hagar, 

Ghengis Cohen and FW De Klerk. 

And so, last year Nurden 

returned and was promptly called 

lp. and . just 

. as .rapidly 

EACH c-HoosE ou( owN PARTICULAR, 

OcEhN, DrvE rn Orvd 6Wim 

roRTUMATB+ , Sonle oF u5 

drourn 

Afler that life was a kaleidoscopic 

fuzz of halucinogenic proportions 

for our Nurden. He retumed to 

campus, tried to complete his 

seven labours, re-registered, was 

shot by a police water cannon 

broke up religious factional confl ict 

on the lawns, tussled with Bleater 

Fukakarkus and met the 

illustrious, lustrous, leftistfeminist 

Athena Ablepenyn; fell in 

love, stood for the SRC and was 

disqualified causing thousands of 

students to boycott the elections. 

In fact some quarters single 

Nurden out as the cause of the 

recent SRC Referendum. 

1987 also marked the year our 

hero changed his name. Already 

complexed about his complexion 

he was compelled to alter his name 

after discovering to his chagrin that 

Scatoma was a-dreaded skin 

disease. Every history book and 

family tree mentioning a Scatoma 

was destroyed and he changed his 

narhe to Scamota. 

But back to the history ....1n 

1980, Nurden registered and sat 

down to a plate of canteen chips 

and gravy to discover the sauce 

was with him (intimately - in his 

clothes). "Be thou not afeared," a 

voice boomed and a trembling 

Nurden was handed down six of 

his seven labours. Quick as a flash 

he fucked off. 

For Nwden university proved a 

trial. His early days were 

brightened up by a present from 

his Pater. One day Nurden peered 

out his window and stared into the 

mouth of his new gift horse - an 

old mare who became his trusted 

confidant and treasured 

companion. 

Horses are easy to park and as 

parking was the second of his 

years he had fucked out in Jun 

Returning in the third 0erm Nurde 

consulted faculty notice board 

We tind each Jepartment had th 

same message. Nestle 

somewhere between p. Scandiler 

and H. Schapiro was 

working 

he could easily 

eat lt. He discovered 

that it was that difficult to 

dent a horse or scrape its paint but 

that didn't stop 3000 students 

having a damn good try. Forming 

a lift club also proved a bit of a 

bugger. 

As the year progressed he 

continued gorging obsessively on 

slap chips in an attempt to discover 

his seventh labour. Nurden, like 

all students went on holiday during 

the mid-vear vac. Like most first 

-,N. 

Scamota (sic)k F(a)." At frrst h 

Lried to convince his parents th: 

F(a) stood for "fine attempt,' br 

his mother would have nore o 

that pointing out that if he were a 

war, Nurden would have bee 

shot for absenteeism. 

To make matters worse 

Nurden's spot didn't come up fo 

his next English essay 

"Shakespeare" - sure, "Yeats" - yr 

but "My Holidays" - no. 

Little wonder our hero onl' 

appeared again in 1983. For i 

third time he registered. 

"I'd like to register for English, 

Nurden said to the secretary. 

"So?" the sebrekry replied-. 

"Oh?" Nurden said to thr 

secreary. 

"Yes?" the secretary said. 

"Thanks," said Nurden and left. 

He settled for Applied Phonetic 

and Quantum Electrodynamic 

1983 was much of a muchnes 

He blinked frequently and fucker 

off quick as a flash once or twice. 

NEXTWEEK 

*Is Nurden the figment of thr 

tequila drenched minds o 

callow fea tures editors? 

*What happened to Scamotar 

pimples ? 

*Who rewrote the history books' 

*What happened to Athena 

Ablepersyn?

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IN DAYS of old, if someone 

called you "Bothabrain" you 

would have been faced with the 

choice of defending your honour 

or allowing the insult to stand. 

Opting for the former would most 

likely have led to a swordfight at 

dawn from which only one person 

walked away. 

Nowdays no-one has !o die and 

your options are far wider- you 

can join the Wits Fencing Club. 

Preserving this highly stylised 

form of the ancient duel is the 

pleasure of some forty enthusiasts 

who meet on Monday and 

Wednesday evenings at17h30 in 

the OMSH. The club has 

produced a number of notable fen - 

cers among them the Springboks 

Mike Greef, Roy Wittert and 

Kathy Kay. 

As fencers advance on one 

another in a duel, white, masked 

and appearing sexless, they look 

something like a cross between a 

characler from an Egyptian mural 

and Luke Skywalker. But there 

the fun ends. One of them 

explodes in&o a lunge and there 

1st Team Volleyball in action against 

VaalTechnikon. Wits won three sets to nil. 

follows a fierce exchange of thrusts 

and parries which ends when one 

scores a hit on the opponent's 

target area. The target area varies 

Brute strength holds little 

advantage, women hold their own 

against men. In fact, just two 

years ago the women ended a 

get hurt play rugby. The biggest 

danger in fencing is letting 

someone with the letters "otha" in 

their name get behind you. 

according to which of the three seven year male domination of the The Fencing Club has many 

weapons - foil, ence, or sabre - is South African Universities title. fixtures planned between now and 

being fenced with. 

the SAU championships in July. 

Fencing is an aesthetically Some people may be reluctant to Most of these jousts are with teams 

pleasing combination of reflexes start fencing through fear of in the Transvaal league. Ifyou are 

and tactics, defence and offence, injury. However, simply wearing inierested in fencing contact one of 

and a touch of that much maligned the correct equipment virtually the persons listed on the Fencing 

latency within us all, killer instinct. cancels any risk. If you want to notice board in the OMSH. 

Satiscokicksoff 

being played with equal verve. 

ON I'RIDAY 24 March Satisco 

kicked off tlte soccer season with a 

six-a-side soccer tournament. A 

crowd of about 10O spectaiors 

gathered around the soccer fields 

below Hall 29 for the 14h30 kickoff. 

While some hot-shots in nifty 

geiu practised in front of the 

crowd, the Satisco co-ordinators 

look the opportunity to talk about 

their fledgling organisation. 

Satisco believes its non-racial 

sports policy challenges apartheid. 

Sport alone is not the issue. 

Involvement in sport should 

actively build non-racialism and 

challenge apartheid and "token 

midng", it asserts. 

Meanwhile there are things 

happening on the fields. A whistle 

blasts and players start a fast and 

furious game on the half sized 

field. Almost immediately a goal 

keeper deflects a rocketing shot 

from the goal. On three more 

fields another three games are 

The crowd diverges as spectators 

pick their teams and move to the 

sidelines. Each team has its own 

name - the medics call themselves 

Club Med. Other names include 

Sinsemelia and Bill of Rights. 

Some of the teams appear quite 

well organised with managen and 

coaches who stand and yell 

seemingly incoherant instructions 

to all the players. PlaYers and 

spectators alike appear to be 

enjoying themselves. 

The tournament has been a long 

time coming. It was first 

postponed due to a water-logged 

pitch. A week before it actually 

took place, it was cancelled in 

solidarity with the Sharpeville Six 

who were to hang that daY. When 

a stay of execution was granted 

Satisco hastily tried to reorganise 

the event but the fields had alreadv 

been lent out to other sportspeople. 

The Satisco organisen admit tbev 

are still struggling ro get theii 

constitution adopted on campus. 

They have been hampered by other 

pressing events. 

A meeting was called for Friday 

lunchtime to formally adopt the 

Satisco national constitution but 

attendance was poor as the posten 

advertising the meeting had been 

torn down. 

Satisco has access to a wide 

range of sporting facilities at Wits 

and it offers sporting codes as 

diverse as mountaineering, 

aerobics, weights and netball. 

Members are expected to embrace 

Satisco's principle of nonracialism 

and the principle of the 

South African Council of Sport 

(Sacos), that there can be no 

normal sport in an abnormal 

society. 

Satisco is organising a meeting to 

adopt the constitution before the 

end of the week. For further 

information contact members at the 

Satisco office in the Old Mutual 

Sports Hall during any lunchtime. 

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ASC r not just sports tall 

WS: How wi/ the subsidy cuts 

afect sports ployen? 

competitive. 1'he Al 

SR.'We get a university grant 

has thrived in creat 

the 

from the university, so the cuts 

best competi 

environment 

will affect the ASC very badly. 

for 

members. 

Within the university sport is 

I act ir 

classified as less of a priority 

representative 

than 

capac 

so 

academics, so we anticipate a cut. 

if members wish 

play competitve 

We're already starting to feel the 

sp 

and to have 

squeezr. Unless an extension has 

the b 

been granted, from 2l March the 

competition availabl 

university implemented a "no 

them that is what m 

overtime pay" policy, 

be offered 

which 

to thern 

means sport is directly affected. 

WS:Withtlucnait 

of 

Many sports are played 

futisco,shouWile 

in the 

be 

evenings and on weekends. 

a deadlock who v 

have 

Satisco will also be affected. 

final decisi 

nrakiagpower? 

IVS: Do you play against WS: Whot do you think o!' this is intramural activities and SR.'It 

canpuses that suppoft apafiheid? 

is fundamentally import 

Sdisa? 

interfaculty sports. Here, I be - 

that power 

SR: Up till now the ASC has SR.' I believe 

to 

Satisco cannot 

make decisionsI 

lieve, and many support my view, 

participated in sport on a purely participate in our structure 

sport 

due to 

stays in the hands 

that within the structure of Wits, 

competitive level. We've made it policy differences. Last year's 

students. It is up 0o the two bod 

there should be participation of all 

clear on all our tours we won't ASC voted in favour of 

to create 

having 

a forum of 

a 

dialog 

its members . 

tolerate racism and we'd refuse to second sports 

where problems 

body . 

can be ironed c 

WS: What's the difference 

lour where our sportsplayen could I rhink 

without 

it's the first 

Admin being called 

opportunity 

in. 

between Satbco and ASC? 

not participate because of the many black students have had to SR.' I suppose the main 

WS: How do you feel about tl 

colour of their skins. 

participate in sports at Wits. Ifs a difference is that while we are both 

sporls boycofr? 

WS: Do blackstutunA pftbipde major breakthrough within BSS non-racial, certain sports clubs 

SR.' I cannot align myself w 

in spotl undcr tlu AK? 

and for Wits. 

under the ASC have links with 

the intemational sports boycott a 

SR.' Last year we estimated that Where there are no policy certain provincial and national 

believe there are other ways 

almost 500 black students played considerations, there should be bodies in conflict with Satisco's 

challenging apartheid. 

under the ASC. With lhe creation integrated sport otherwise it could policies and views. 

WS: Loest yea4 the rcbel Sou 

of Satisco, we're not sure how lead to polarisation among students I believe that at the heart of everv Sea Barbarians played on W 

many now play under Satisco. on campus. A perfect example of 

Mens 

sportsperson is the desire to bi rugbyfieWs 

Res 

and were chased o 

wins Phineas 

by students who objected to the 

brcaking thc sports boycott. Ho 

do youfeel about this? 

SR.' Each sports club h 

oN WEDNESDAY 16 autonomy to allow whoever th 

for- 11 off 9 overs, the 

Y,l:l !9ing I Res had figures of 5 for 2t off 6 

Men's Res and EoH did battle in wish to use our fields so long as 

Menis Res lo_w-er 

.order does not conflict with univers 

policy. It was an unfortun 

incidenL 

I still do not believe that e 

invited guest at a univenity sho 

be treated with disrespect. If th 

were problems with the South I 

Barbarians practising on the fir 

I should have been notified. 

WS: Arethcn sexVandrut 

ottitu&sittlu ASC? 

SR.' It varies from sport to s1 

but the ASC does not discrimir 

on the basis of sex, colour 

creed. 

batsmen overs. The EoH major run scorers 

the traditional Phineas Cricket bppled. The Men's Res total was were Richard Snell (50) and Ian 

Mafch. 156 all out afler 44 overs. This Benning (30 odd). 

After winning the toss, Men's lefr EOH rhe relativelv easv task of 

Res captain, Patrick Mccarthy, scoring 3,5 runs peiouei to win apost match function in the 

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EOH fielded the two Wits lst Th"evstartedoffvervwell.andat 

deservedly awarded man of the 

team opening bowlers, Richard lM for 4 wickets, winning'seemed match. 

Snell and Ian Benning. After a a formality. However a dramatic Even though the competitiveness 

slow start, Men's Res gradually and unexpected turnabout on the fieldwas high, the spirifs 

got on lop of the EOH attacl with occurred. Tight bowling and and comraderie of the crowd was 

major run scorers being P 

McCarthy (39), Robbie Katzen 

(36) and Jonny Chantler (34). 

Due to a great spell of bowling 

by Richard Snell, with figures 

fielding by the Men's Res team 

resultei in the loss of 6 wickets 

cver the next 12 runs, with EOH 

alloutfor 116. 

Craig van der Merwe of Men's 

fantastic, with a few Men's Res 

and EOH seniors meetiDg at the 

scoreboard every half-hour for a 

Shotgun. Additionalenlertainment 

was provided by several streaken. 

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Pavlo Champ 

ONE might be inclined to think 

that the winner of the South 

African All Star Karate 

C hamp ionships (Carling 

Champion of Champions 

Tournament) would be arrogant 

and conceited. But this was not to 

be the case, as Wits Student 

reporters found when they went to 

meet Pavlo Protopapas - S A 

Champion and Wits Karate Club 

member. On entering his bedroor4 

we were overwhelmed by 40 

gleaming medals hanging proudly 

on the walls, two humungus 

polished trophies and a handful of 

various other awards of every 

shape and design. Yes, this was 

definitely the right place - the room 

of a Karate champion! 

On 12 March this year the Sowh 

African All Star Karate 

Championships took place at the 

Standard B ank Arena in 

Johannesburg. Three hundred of 

South Africa's top Karate 

competitors from l8 provincial 

associations met. to find out who 

would be the Kumite and l(aa 

Karate Champions of SA. 

For the uneducated masses, Kda 

emphasises form and involves 

battling with an imaginary 

opponent. Kumite is touch 

fighting - very thrilling 0o watch. 

Pavlo won the all-round Kata 

championships and was then 

awarded with Springbok colours. 

Other Witsies, Russel Kolon and 

Pavlo's twin brother, Panico, also 

made it inlc the Springbok squad. 

We asked him how he first 

started. He told us that one day 

while walking down the street with 

Panico they saw a Karate ftaining 

centre. They ventured inside, only 

to be told that they were too 

young, so they were only able to 

join when they were eight. 

By sixteen Pavlo and Panico had 

achieved their Black Belts and 

since then have en',ered numerous 

competitions in South Africa and 

recently in Cyprus, where they 

won the 1987 championships. 

Though there has always been a 

competitive spirit between the two 

brothers, Pavlo admitted:"lf I 

don't win, I want him to win." 

Going off the subject of Karate 

for a minute, we asked Pavlo what 

he was doing this year. He 

answered that he was moonhghting 

as a final B Comm at Wits - 

dedicating most of his time to 

Karate. 

We were shocked to discover that 

Pavlo begins his day at 6:10 am 

with his first training session. He 

att€nds a few B Comm lectures. 

teaches Karate at the old Mutual 

Sports Hall at lunchtime, teaches 

again from 6:00 to 6:30 pm and 

trains again until 8. 

Pavlo spoke proudly of the Wits 

Karate Club, praising thet victory 

last year when they won the Sports 

Club of the year. He assured us 

that anyone could turn out for 

training without feeling 

embarrassed or inadequate. 

And what of Pavlo's brilliant 

Pavlo Protopapas - SA GhamPion. 

luture? He did not tbresee a future 

in Karate alone but would continue 

to trainandexcel himself to attain 

total mental and physical 

perfection. He was confident that 

South Africa's standard was one 

of the highest in the world and 

hoped that the squad could one day 

compete intemationally. 

Finally, we asked the "Champion 

of Champions" how he would sum 

up his feelings on Karate. From a 

No pain: No gain 

IS PAIN a necessary part of sPort? 

Wits Student asked GarY 

Jacobsen, a sports pysiotherapist, 

for his advice to all Wits sport 

enthusiasts. 

Certain injuries are common to 

specific sports such as muscle and 

ligament tears, fractures and 

dislocations in rugby, swimming 

shoulder for swimmers and 

runners knee for joggers, and 

tennis elbow for... squash plaYen? 

Steps can and must be taken to 

avoid injuries: A 10 - 15 minute 

warm up period and exercising 

prior to playing sport helps to 

prevent muscular cramps, spasms 

and lesions. 

However, contrary to popular 

belief, certain exercises must be 

avoided. These include straightleg 

sirups (legs should be bent at 

the knee), squats and neck-circling 

(the neck joints are not designed to 

rotate to the degree practised in 

neck-circling. One should move 

one's head backward and forward, 

and then from left trc right). 

The following hints could help 

you Eeat some sports injuries: 

Although some womeD slop 

menstruating when they exercise a 

great deal, this is not always the 

cause. One should see a doctor as 

it could be an indication of 

something more serious. 

Another problem which many 

sports players experience is blood 

in the urine. This is mostly caused 

by 'foot-strike' - damaged blood 

vessels in the soles of the feet. 

The blood is then filtered through 

the kidneys and passed out 

through the urine. This is a 

common complaint of people who 

do aerobics. If these symptoms 

persist see a doc0or. 

Concussion is a serious injury 

that can occur in all contact sports. 

The player should immediately be 

removed from the field and taken 

to a doctor. 

Ligament and muscle tears are 

also common injuries. There are 

four rules to remember when 

tr€ating such injuries: 

1) Stop playing 

2) Apply ice 

3) Apply compression around ice 

with a sock or crepe bandage. 

4) Elevate the affected part of the 

body. 

Bear in mind that most creams 

and lotions applied to the skin do 

not get past the layer of fat under 

the skin. If you havesuccess with a 

cream by all means use it unless 

your skin reacts badly. 

The causes of cramps are still 

being studied. At the momcnt there 

seems to be caused by a lack of 

carbohydrates in the diet. There is 

no evidence to suggest that they are 

caused by a lack of salt or 

potassium. The best way !o treat 

:ramps is to sfietch them. 

Blisters should be popped with a 

sterile needle and the skin left 

intact. Keep the area clean and 

apply Methiolate (but be careful - it 

stains badly and hurts like hell!) 

Under no circumslances should 

an amatcur adminisber pain killers. 

Sportspeople who take pain killers 

should not continue to play. Pain 

is an indication that you are hurt. 

Just because you can stop the pain 

doesn't mean that the injury has 

gone away. In all contact sports 

be very aware of neck injuries; if 

you are in doubt consult a qualified 

doctor. 

Campus Health have a sports 

physio working there this year. 

They provide free medical service, 

so if you arc injured go and make 

a n appointment 

_ 

sagging drawer, he produccd an 

overflowing scrapbook plastered 

with news clippings, photographs 

and momentos. From among lhe 

many mcmories he took a guide by 

Funakoshi Gichin (Master of 

Karate), which he read to us with 

conviction: 

"The ultimatc aim of Karate lies 

ncither in victory nor defeat but in 

thc pcrfcction of character of 

participant." 

RECENTLY Mark Plaatjes was 

granted political refugee status in 

thc USA. The justification being 

that as a black person in South 

Africa he was being oppressed and 

he had come ,o the USA seeking 

political asylum. The fact that he 

ran in a New York marathon a 

fcw days later leads one to 

question this. 

Plaatjes was never known as an 

anti-apartheid campaigner and in 

his student days didn't participate 

in any political activities. His 

success in South Africa was not 

hampered by his race and he had 

less reason to complain than other 

black athletes. Based on the fact 

that the United States turDs away 

many people who are truly 

refugees, one must assume that 

Plaatjes was only admitted because 

of his sporting ability. 

It seems grossly untair that 

because of his ability to run he can 

escape the realities of living in 

South Africa while everyone else 

has to remain here and solve all the 

problems. We must wait and see 

whether Plaatjes uses his 

privelcdged position to oppose 

apartheid or whether he will just 

become another Zola Budd.

i$.-,f 

The voice of the..nega.|g 

l,as Thursday the place reserved 

for the New Nation on the newsstands 

was €mpty. Tomorrow that 

place x'ill be empty again. Tbis 

situation rill remain until June 10. 

The closure of the New Natbn 

for three months has been 

imminent .Press curbs instituted 

last August, and refined this year, 

have allowed Stoffel Botha, 

minister of Home Affairs and 

Communications, to censor the 

content of publications. 

Botha may close publications 

down for ttnee months once he has 

wamed them of material which has 

invoked his displeasure in three 

editions and gazzetted an official 

l*'arnlng. 

This is what happened to the 

New Nation. 

Four other publications are 

presently undergoing the initial 

steps of the censorship procedure. 

They are the periodical, Wo*In 

Progress, the Cape community 

newspaper, South, the far-right 

Die Stem, and South Africa's 

second largest daily,The Sowetan. 

The Sourh African Carholic 

Bishops' Conference which owns 

New Nation appealed to the 

Supreme Court on Monday last 

week to prevent it's closure. A 

full bench of the court dismissed 

the application. Justice Curlewis, 

presiding, said "In certain 

situations the rights of the 

indvidual must give way to the 

rights of the state." 

A member of the New Nation 

ed ilorial collective asserts "stoffel 

Botha never questioned the 

accuracy of our reporting. When 

they banned us it amounted to 

getting us off the street, trying to 

hide the reality that we publish." 

Stoffel Botha for his part has 

claimed "there is no question of the 

government wanting to control 

what people may know". Rather it 

seems the government is worried 

aboutthe New Nation " prornoting 

violence and revolutioo" 

The New ltlation staff respond by 

This story was to have appeared in last week'sNew Nation, 

Instead WiA ftdentb@rryinC the copy. 

A rnember of a Port Elizabeth unrest unit facing two charges of 

murder, is suffering from "Vietnarn Syndrome". 

Anton 

,Dr 

Potgieter, who is the iormcr head of the psychiatric 

department at lMilitary Hospital in pretoria, tord the Grihimstown 

Supreme court that he had no doubt that Constable David patrick 

Coosen, 26, suffered liom a post-traumatic stress disorder. 

This disorder, also known as Vietnam Syndromc, u,as found to have 

been widespread amongst American soldiers retuming home from the 

Vietnam war. 

Goosen and Warrant-Officer Lron de Villiers, 36, are charge.l with 

two counts of murder, two of assaul! and one of attempting t,o defear. 

the ends of justice.lhe charges arise out of incidents which o"ccuned in 

Cradock on 26 July 1986, when the unit under De Villiers'comrnand 

was sent to Cradock to monitor the funeral of a 'terrorist'. 

Dr Potgiet€r, who is considered a psychiatric expert, told the court of 

the requirements for making such a finding and said he was satisfied 

tley existed in Goosen's-case. 

He admitted these symptoms could be faked, but he said only an 

extremely well informed person could give a good simulation. 

He said he was very surprised that Goosen faced a court case of such 

serious nature with such apparent calmness. 

Dr Potgieler suggested Goosen had rationalisgd_the seriousness of the 

situation by convincing himself that the.elleged stabbing was merely a 

reflex self-defence action without serious consequence's. The alleged 

shooting he dismissed as an accident. 

Earlier the court had heard how Goosen had been involved in the 

'elimination' 

of an 

'terrorisf 

ANC and his defence has suggested he his 

suffered from nightmares and "a nameless feafl,'since then. 

Goosen told the court that when he took the man he and De Villiers 

had earlier assaulted down !o the river to wash his face, he again 

experienced "the nameless fear". It is alleged Goosen shot the man 

through the back of his neck after being told to do so by De Villiers. 

Earler, another expert wihess told the court that the state could have 

erred when they claimed that one of the rreu killed died of an abdominal 

the Grahamstown suprem court. 

rcsis[ance to apartheid or rhe Nery 

NationT' 

"Resistance is a response to 

repression", says a memberof the 

56 000 copies, and with a 

estimaged reidership of a quarte 

million. Shortly before the Ner 

. 

editorial collective. "When we 

came into existence we committed 

Nation was banned, calls wer 

being made for it to appear on 

dailv basis. 

ourselves to accurately refiecting 

that resistance and articulating the 

opinions. of the oppressed. 

Banning the Nep Nation will nor 

make a difference - we simply 

reflect the-reality and expose thL 

violence of apartheid." 

Niw Nation staff see the attac 

on the pape as part of broade 

go"".nrn.nt clamps which hav 

iot even left churches anr 

universities unscathed. 

Most of the paper,s two years o 

existence have been spenfwithou 

rhe New Natioz courd trury ray n:,'fl:: - STtt*,:f"l;; '- 

I 

claim to being rhe "paper for th! ;;;;. 

people" - 

. 

people from all ',fn"gou"*-"nt 

soon found ou 

communities, 

_ 

including rural, that it tikes more than the detenti 

.o.Tl"o,1*.9 to.their newsgathering. of one man to silence us,,, said 

.y::e 

Nation began on January 16 colleague. ,'At the time of hi 

1986 with a prinr order of Z0b(n detention they said he was bein 

and was distributed forrnighrly. detained 

"We 

ueciuse of his writing 

grossly underestimated rhe f.for" *,"v iuv it was because of hi 

demand", says a collective inuof""meniin the NECC. Thi 

member, "so we sraduallvpushed sf,o*s ttui tfrey 

our 

failed in thei 

figure to 70 60". 

- to silence the Ner 

Lasr year saw rhe paper go irffillt 

Protesting in the ci$ centre last week 

Will the New Natlon survive its 

three months enforced hiatus? 

preparing for future editions aftr 

June 10. 

The acting President of the South 

African Catholic B ishop's 

Conference - Bishop Reginald 

Orsmond - said the staff of New 

Nation would be retained. Nery 

Nation employs 22 full-time 

staffers and 32 correspondents. 

Seven employees have already 

resigned due to uncertainty over 

the newspaper's future. Much 

advertising has also been lost. 

Stoffel Botha, after examininr 

three iisues, *ay on"" moi 

proceed to shut down the pape: 

Orsmond says, "if it becomes clei 

that the oppressed people cannr 

be given the opportunity to voic 

their feelings through the Nel 

Nation, a decision will have to b 

taken as to whether there is an. 

point in lrying to continue th 

paPer." 

ln the interirn New Nation staff A staff member Wits Studer, 

will be training many of the pmple spoke to was adamant "We wi 

who contributed to the paper, in come back onto the streets. We,r 

media skills. They will also work going to stick to our committmer 

on improving their own skills. to ourselves and the broa. 

Bishop Orsmond said staff will be de nrocratic community".

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