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Kiddie<br />
Kash<br />
K<br />
ll<br />
nsls<br />
For<br />
a long time, students and staff<br />
at the university fought for the<br />
right to have a creche which would<br />
enable working or student parents<br />
to be ensured of proper day-care<br />
for their young children.<br />
This year the university opened a<br />
creche which cares for children<br />
from ages 6 months to 3 years.The<br />
SRC, as well as certain other<br />
individuals and organisations rep<br />
resented on the creche management<br />
committee. believes- that the<br />
present creche fees (subsidized by<br />
the University Council) of Rl40<br />
per month (with three subsidized<br />
places at R100) are above the<br />
affordable level for most<br />
university students, as well as<br />
workers and certain other<br />
members of staff.<br />
However, to continue our efforts<br />
to achieve lower creche fees, it is<br />
very important that students,<br />
academic and other university staff<br />
who would be interested<br />
using<br />
he creche faciiities contact us:<br />
We need to know whether you<br />
knew of this facility before reading<br />
this letter, whether you can afford<br />
the fees, whether you have<br />
transport to take your children to<br />
the creche, which is in Parktown,<br />
and whether you would like to<br />
make any additional comments or<br />
suggestions.<br />
For example, piuents may want to<br />
arrange a co-operative transport<br />
system, or may be willing to<br />
provide voluntary assistance to the<br />
creche to reduce costs.<br />
Please contact SRC Women's<br />
Pordoiio at 7l{-3101 or ar SRC<br />
Viva Wits<br />
As a disciple of the teachings of<br />
Jesus Christ, Gandhi and Martin<br />
Luther King, and as an ardent<br />
supporter of the Freedom Charter<br />
and the democratic struggle, I<br />
would like to add my opinions to<br />
thos already flying around<br />
concerning the even8 of May 30.<br />
-By<br />
adopting a<br />
non-violend Gandhian model of<br />
presenting ourselves, in waves of<br />
30, for afiest we immediateiy<br />
attained an immense moral<br />
advantage over the oppressors.<br />
Our strength in the National<br />
shuggle, internationally, has<br />
always been our moral advantage<br />
over the Boer 4b We only<br />
maintain this advantage as long as<br />
we do not sink to their leve-.<br />
The strength of non-violent<br />
action lies in the refusal oi<br />
participants to retaliate even, in the<br />
extreme, to the point of death.<br />
This is perhaps the most difficult<br />
course to take, for it requires far<br />
more than just an emotional<br />
commitment to the cause, it<br />
requlres also a strong spiritual<br />
aspect. It also involves a. negation<br />
of the traditional methods of<br />
dehumanising one's opponents -<br />
something that Boer nationaiism<br />
has refined to an art - instead one<br />
must recognise the humanity of the<br />
enemy and thus refuse to commit<br />
against him the violence which he<br />
commits.<br />
Our strong moral foundation<br />
crumbled when we retaliated. in<br />
our anger, againsthese men. With<br />
the first stone all our justification<br />
was destroyed and a vital statement<br />
againstyranny made a mockery.<br />
R G DUNCAN . BA III<br />
Boo Wits<br />
Not being of your university, I<br />
felt it my dufy to comment on the<br />
activities on your c:rmpus which to<br />
say the least, I find disturbing.<br />
Reading the thoroughly biased<br />
and one-sided articles in the 3 June<br />
issue of Wits Student, I shall be<br />
very surprised if this letter appears<br />
in your publication, since I would<br />
presume that an editorial staff<br />
which presents such a unilateral,<br />
subjective and narrow viewpoint,<br />
would not be interested in<br />
aconcepts which we of the Western<br />
world call "Freedom of Soeech" -<br />
perhaps if I was a black student,<br />
who submitted a story about the<br />
police attacking me, you would<br />
print the ietter...?<br />
Having said that, I would also<br />
like to say I know apartheid is<br />
unjust, and I know the government<br />
is unjustified in some (and I say<br />
some - not all) of its actions. To<br />
speak plainly however, if students<br />
ask for shit, shit is what they'll get!<br />
Police beating students as a<br />
unique concept is most obviously<br />
wrong. Police beating students<br />
which are merely peacefully<br />
protesting is also most assuredly<br />
wrong. But police beating student<br />
which are (a) attacking the police,<br />
(b) holding illegal gatherings, (c)<br />
disturbing the normal life of other<br />
students, (d) inciting crowds and<br />
(e) obstructing traffic flow in<br />
Johannesburg streets maY not be<br />
totally unyustified" Some sort of<br />
resEaint must quite obviousiy be<br />
placed on these troublesome<br />
students, if only for the sake of<br />
keeping our civilisation intact.<br />
At our faculty of Veterinary<br />
<strong>Science</strong> we lay hold of a concept<br />
which seems to be fgreign to the<br />
Wits campus. Rather than playing<br />
foolish political games, whilst<br />
being sponsored by large imageseeking.companies<br />
and failing our<br />
exams we have a thing called<br />
woRK, (spelt w-o-R-K). This<br />
has to do with studying towards a<br />
worthwhile degree, and studying<br />
properly and continuously until we<br />
itaue titis degree. PerhaPs the<br />
students of Wits, which cause so<br />
much trouble, so often, should stoP<br />
worrying about issues which don't<br />
concern them and rather utilise<br />
their intelligence in an academic<br />
playground which the univenitY, I<br />
am led to believe, does offer to<br />
those who seek it.<br />
Anyone wishing to rePly to this<br />
letter should write to:<br />
The Editor<br />
onderstepoort students"<br />
Newspaper<br />
c/oBox 12409<br />
ONDERSTEPOORT<br />
0110<br />
R KENNEDY-SMITH<br />
Bu rad<br />
knows<br />
best<br />
Your recent article on the<br />
"Crescent in Crisis" contains a<br />
number of inaccuracies and I<br />
would like to set the record<br />
sftaight.<br />
Burad Securities Limited has<br />
purchased "The Crescent" for R2<br />
million and not R4 milion as stated<br />
in vour article. This is conditional<br />
on-the purchaser applying for and<br />
obtaining amendment of the Town<br />
Planning Scheme and the removai<br />
of any restrictive conditions<br />
ralating to "The Crescent" in order<br />
to change is zoning. The sale does<br />
not include the Wits" squash<br />
courts.<br />
The Crescent building requires<br />
extenslve repairs and would cost<br />
the university a considerable<br />
amount of money if renovations<br />
were to be undertaken. At the<br />
same time the university wishes to<br />
pursue the development of the<br />
Student Village in Parktown near<br />
the Ernest Oppenheimer Hall.<br />
Normally it is likely to be many<br />
years before the funds become<br />
available for this development. At<br />
the time the university received an<br />
offer for the "The Crescent" it<br />
appeared to be an oppoffunity to<br />
replace a dilapidated University<br />
residence with a modern exciting<br />
ventue in student housing.<br />
Shouid the saie be completed the<br />
proceeds from the sale will enable<br />
the university to rehouse ail the<br />
residents from "The Crescent" and<br />
a considerable number of other<br />
students in more satisfactory<br />
accommodation than at present.<br />
Under the circumstances the<br />
objections raised by you are not in<br />
the best interests of students.<br />
J C SKINNER<br />
Director<br />
Division of Information<br />
Public Affairs.<br />
We apologise for any factual<br />
inaccuracies in the report. We<br />
maintain however, that many<br />
students are opposed to the<br />
demolition of the Crescent.<br />
tGt f \rE l Et mffimffitFtinn<br />
&<br />
Gampus<br />
unity at<br />
stake<br />
Campus unity had been at its<br />
shongest point in a long time with<br />
a broad united base voicing joint<br />
opposition to a number of issues,<br />
including police presence on<br />
campus<br />
Then, the Muslim Students'<br />
Association $4SA) decided to hold<br />
an exlibition declaring their unity<br />
and solidarity with the Palestinian<br />
"oppressed" peoples of the Middle<br />
East. This display of what I<br />
consider to be violent and<br />
pernicious Anti/Semitism took<br />
place on the last day of the second<br />
term, June 6.<br />
it was claimed that the reason for<br />
the display occuring on this day<br />
was that this day was the<br />
International Palestinian Solidarity<br />
day, but I'would like o suggest that<br />
if any solidarity had really been<br />
wanted to be expressed, that<br />
another day would have been<br />
chosen, and lot the last day of<br />
tenn, a day which-I consider ,was<br />
chosen so as to provoke<br />
antagonism, more than to educate.<br />
I do not claim to be an exoerr on<br />
the Middle Easrern situation and I<br />
cherish the right of Freedom ;of<br />
Speech on campus, but at the same<br />
time, I think that any acts such as<br />
the issuing pf violentlyAnti/Semitic<br />
propaganda materials, and the<br />
painting of the Palestinian (?) flag<br />
on the graffiti wall, an act that the<br />
arbitration committee had not<br />
agreed to, are only designed to<br />
enflame the feelings of any Jewish<br />
srudent on campus. This, I feel is<br />
not the role of the university and it<br />
is a great pity, that in times of<br />
crises in South Africa that certain<br />
groups feel it necessary to stir<br />
naiscent hatreds and thereby split<br />
the campus into two distinct<br />
groups, something very<br />
unnecessarv.<br />
I would furthermore like to<br />
commend all the Jewish students<br />
involved in Friday's occurences,<br />
for I think that the way in which<br />
they were able to discuss a response<br />
and prevent any violence from<br />
erupting was commendable.<br />
Tensions were indeed running<br />
high, and the fact that the entire<br />
affair could be dealt with nonviolently<br />
should be taken as an<br />
example of successful student<br />
negotiations.<br />
WELL DONEI!<br />
I question the Palestinian flag<br />
being painted on the graffiti wall,<br />
for the flag that was painted, was<br />
NOT the Palestinian flag, which<br />
has some yellow in the black<br />
triangle, but the Jordanian flag<br />
(Well, never mind).<br />
FRANK SAMUELS . BA II