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Rhodes
Scholarship
The regulations, however, were
amended a few days larer, ro
include organisations meeting in
the townships of the Roodepoort
and Johannesburg districts.
Applications for the Rhodes
Scholarships for 1986 close on 1
September, 1986. Leader
Candidates must normally be in
possession of a first degree and
ship
have attained such results as to
satisfy the admission requirements F\-rr
of the University of Oxford. Detained
Candidates are judged in terms of The role of students within the
the criteria by the Will of Cecil institution of the Universitv is a
John Rhodes, which include contentious issue which rhe state
literary and scholastic attainments, seems to be taking care of.
qualities of leadership, feelings of Ciaire Wright, SRC President
compassion for ones fellows and and BSS President Dali Moofu
enjoyment and success in sports. have been detained.
Rhodes' Will expressly provides On Thursday 26 June, Claire and
that "no student shall be qualified Dali were on campus to speak to a
or disqualified for election to a senior member of the University
Scholarship on account of his race Administration.
or religious opinions".
t
Candidates for election to Rhodes -
.D'
Scholarships for 1987 must be
under 27 as at I October, 1987. In
addition, there is also a five-year
At around noon
residence qualifi
the following
cation.
day, with pressure from
For
Admini -
full details, write to the
stration, Claire and Dali's
General Secretary for Rhodes
detention was confirmed.
Scholarships, P. O. Box 41468,
Craighall,2024.
SRC
Banned
The SRC, and other
organisations under its
F
The house in Berea that C1aire
shares with other students was
jurisdiction, were temporarily These students, fwo of whom are
banned from meeting last week. Executive members of the SRC,
In the Government Gazette No weretakentolf
10347, of rhe 7 July 1986, all and -They
were later
meetings heid in Johannesburg and
Roodepoort
'under -b
the auspices of Claire plays an active role in the
or with the assitance of the SRC progressive shtdent movement. She
were banned. A contravention of was Projects Committee Chair -
the banning could have led to a
sentence of 'R10 person for 1984185 and was rhe
000 fine or ten Law representative on the SRC for
years in prison'.
that year. Claire's position as SRC
The SRC sent out an urgent Presidenthis year has placed her
notice to all organisations under its in a high prohle position, she is on
jurisdiction to comply with this the Nusas Executive and was oart
regulation. The affected groupings of the delegation that visited the
were all Faculty Councils, the AII ANC in March this year.
Sports Council, al| 67 SRC Dali has a long history of
committees and societies,' WitS involvement in the democratic
Shrdent'and Voice of Wits. movement. He has been detained