emergency - Computer Science

Subsequent events on campus on
that day were shown nationally on
Bop TV and internationally - an
estimated 1,5 billion people saw
police beat up Wits students.
SABC-TV showed no coverage of
the events.
Charges have been withdrawn
against Ronnie Makgosi.
The accused who were not
among the demonsfrators have had
their charges withdrawn. The
remaining students and academics
represent a wide spectrum of
campus organisations, some of
these include: Methsoc, Fine Arts
Students Union, BSS, 'wits
Srudent', Womens Movement and
thc SRC.
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The ottices of 'Saspu National
have been bumed,
'Saspu
National"s production
office, in Freeway House,
Braamfontein, has been completely
gutted, and attempts were made at
burning its other work rooms. The
Archives were completely
desffoyed.
'Saspu National' is a maior
project of the South African
Students Press Union (Saspu).
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The annual Saspu Multi-media
Mindblast was banned.
Mindblast, a national gathering
of the south African Students Press
Union (Saspu), was due to take
place in Cape Town , during the
July vacation.
Steve Kromberg, Saspu
President, applied for permission
to hold Mindblast when the State of
Emergercy was declared on June
12. Instead he received a bannins
order.
Student journalists from all
Saspu newspapers wer expected to
attend Mindblast.
estimated readership of 250000.
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5ce its inception in 1979,
, National' journalists have been the
target of much state repression and
'National' has been banned for all
future editions a number of fimes.
Appeals that have been won
against these bannings have made
more space for progressive
organisations to function and
distribute their media. Of
particular significance is the legal
gains that have been made towards
appealing for the unbanning of the
Freedom Charter.
Other organisations based in
Freeway House were also victims
of the attack. Media and Resource
Service (Mars) had its darkroom
destroyed and Setbold, a
typeletting company, has reported
that a large amount of equipment
has disappeared.
Saspu is a union that has about 45
affiliated papers, these include the
official publications on the five
english campuses - 'Wits Student',
'Varsity'(UCT),'Rhodeo' The totai estimate value of
(Rhodes),'Dome' damage is R150 000.
(Durban) and
'Nux'(PMB).
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Mindblast is an educative Information Cenne (Cric), Release
conference that focuses on media Mandela Campaign (RMC) and
skills and issues concerning the Visual Action also have offices in
progressive student press in South the building.
Africa.
This is not the first time Saspu
has faced state repression. Last
year during the State of
Emergency, the annual Saspu
Congress was banned from taking
place in Cape Town. The Congress, Johannesburg Democratic Action
where policy decisons are made for Committee (Jodac). This was
the forthcoming year, was held a thought to be a right wing strategy
few days later in Durban.
to discredit all the organisations.
to Sam Stein who had three
photographs published in the
edition of Wits Student ,but
which did not acknowledge hi
name. The photos are a poli
on P.7; A crowd holding up thei
A similar , but less vicious, attack
was aimed at these organisations
last year. Graffiti was sprayed on
the exterior of the building,
'signed'
by the End Conscription
Campain (ECC) and the
A'Saspu National' spokesperson
doubts that the fire was 'an
accident'. 'The attack was
obviously aimed at making us
completely incperative - bannings,
in the past, have failed.'
A'National"s correspondent's
house has also been luebombed in
Durtran.
Emerging activities'
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* name a black resettlement area "Beirut"
* plant a tree and hope it'll get more than tear-gas to water it.
* Watch the Weekly Mail for ads to Transport U Overseas'
* Go for a picnic at the Zoo Lake - only 2 people allowed,
outdoor meetings are iilegal (and if it rains, indoor meetings
are illegal too).
* Get'V' for inspiration
* Watch the Three Muskateers in action - Botha, Botha and
Buthelezi.
* Escape to Mauritius
* Fly to Lusaka to fly SAA to London
* Mourn the untimely passing of freedom of speech,
association and the press.
* Don't be a
'Witness
to Apartheid'
* Remember there's only a semantic difference between'Wit
Doek' and'Blou Rok'
* Go to sleep and hope the last three weeks have only been a
nightmare
* Meditate to Violent Femmes
'Children of ttre revolution'
* Change your pantihose. Wearhg'active'could get you
detained.
* Become a statu symbol - get your name printed in WM's
'Apartheid Barometer'
* Realise the emergency is not meetiag 3other people in the
same Kappa facksuit.
* Remember the struggle isn't trying to resist that last piece of
cake - nor is it trying to get into your jeans.
* Explore the possibility of RAG becoming a front for
Radically Anti- Government organisations.
* Join the 30000 'Sin City' workers who rise at dawn to make
wildest fantasies come true
* Apply for a passport - a British one
* Take a 180 dav holidav
* Continue to play ostrich
* Start supporting Naas (in Northhampton colours)
* Have a fiery parry - burn ail your banned literature
* Ask Howe much longer this will go on
+ Ask if anyone can
'See
Claire-ly now'
* Phone PW at 4.00am every morning until the emergency is
lifted and play This is the End'by The Doors
* Realise that Grassroots Democracy isn,t just sharing a joint
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