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Affikaans studentssplitThe Afrikaanse Studentebond(ASB), until last year the country'slargest Afrikaans studentbody, is expected to be dissolved atan extraordinary congress to beheld in Johannesburg on 3 October.At a recent congress of the ASB,which only frrve delegates attended,a dissolution motion was proposed.Three delegates voted in favour ofit and two against, and the twothirds majority required was there -fore not obtained.A member of the ASB SteerinsCommirtee, IVIr Fritz Brand, saiithat the dissolution motion isexpected to be passed with the twothirdsmajority required.At last year's annual congress inPotchefstroom, divisions betweenthe centre and right wing studeniswantedSince elections, four new DurbanSRC members have beenapproached by the National IntelligenceService (NIS) to spy forthem, one of them twice.One was offered up to R800,00 amonth to provide information ondecisions and initiatives taken bvthe SRC. An SRC member aiPietermaritzburg has had the sameexperience.A mysterious pamphlet has alsoappeared on Durban Campus.Super-imposed on a cartoon ofschoolchildren in a classroom. isthe face of an SRC member, withthe caption: "Sergeant", and thenhis name. "Is this man a spy?"The SRC member also works onthe student newspaper, DOME,where he writes a satirical columnabout a brigadier, Sjambok VanMossiekak, whose duty it is topenetrate each gf the cliques,splinter groups, mlvements, clubs,gambling schools, amorphousconglomerates, beer clubs, revolutionarycorhmittees and drugsyndicates that were the naturaldivisions of the student body. Ofcourses, he would eventually haveto penetrate that hub of communistinspired activiry, the SRC.Meanwhile, the Security Policehave placed ads in the classified.section of the local newspaper,inviting matriculants to earn^eitracash.came to a head. Brand said thesedivisions reflected the solitbetween the NP and the right wing.The ASB represents about 300students, who are members of theassociation at Potchefstroom,Stellenbosch, and Port Elizabethcampuses.Since the split the ASB found it"impossible to discuss politicalmatters and found we were onlyable to make policy decisions onpurely student affairs" Brand said.Steve Kromberg, President ofNusas, which has five affiliatedcampuses, said: "The dissolution ofthe ASB is a mere formality."The organisation collapsedyears ago.'rThanks to The StarVCSmemberskilledThree members of younsChristian Srudents (yCS) werikilled in a car accioenr nearWynberg, on Monday, 14September.Ann Briggs (YCS Co-ordinatorof UCT), Sindile Sigutya (YCSCo-ordinator at LIWC) and KennyMfeketi (YSC Co-ordinator inNyanga and Guguletu) were killedon their way home from a YCSNationai Executive meetine inJohannesburg.The other two occupants of thecar survived, including LizoKalipha, the YCS NationalPresident, who escaped unhurt.Kenny Mfeketi's mother was indetention at the time of theaccident. She was released for hisfuneral.Luke Connell of the YCS NationalExecutive, says: "All three werecommitted to struggling for a nonraciaiand democratic fufure inSouth Africa. Their determinationPopularLarry Anderson, an SRC member and extremely popular student atPietermaritzburg University, was killed when his car collided with ahuck during the vacation.Larry was the Rag chair during 1986/7 and introduced a new subcommitteeto Pietermaritzburg during his term of office. The projectFoundation was introduced to make "better use of Rag ailocations,bringing them more in line with the needs of the oppressedcommunitles," according to an SRC member at the university.Lany Anderson took fourth place in the recent SRC elections and wasan active member of Nusas Pro-Committee, which successlully opposedthe attempt to disaffiliate the Maritzburg SRC from Nusas last term.Old school friends from CBC Boksburg also spoke admiringly of him,remembering how, on his return to school during their matric year, hewas made a prefect almost immediately.A well-attended memorial service was held on pietermaritzburgcampus on Monday, 14 September.Dugmore, popular UCT student leaderfined for mediatingPast UCT President, Carla Sutherland, and Cameron Dugmore,popular SRC candidate in the recent elections, were both fined R50,00for attending an illegal gathering.Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor James Leatt, said in mitigation ofthe the two that they had both prayed an important rore in containing theviolence at the demonstration. "Miss Sutherland is a person of greatpersonal courage. I saw her intervene physically between students whowere very angry indeed and she managed to avoid a confrontation" hesaidOf Camcron Dugmore, he went on to sa)' "During the period ofconfrontation, I witnessed his attempts to calm students and deal withthe university administration in a rational wav."Cameron Dugmore, having topped the poll by more than 400 votes in a25Vo polle is tipped to become the new SRC president. During theelection campaign, Angus Peasey, who stood on an intervarsity.tick;t inthe recent SRC elecations at UCT, was a victim of a smear campaign.Posters were distributed all over campus that read: Vote drummies.sexismglcoholism and violence, vote for Angus peacey. He was elected.Meanwhile, the first UCT public violence charge defendant, SallyAndrew, has had the public violence and illegal gathering chargesdropped, and was fined R25,00 for interfering with police officers lineof duty. Her friend was being arrested at the time. :and commitment lives in alldemocratic organisations opposedto apartheid. We won't forgetthem."YCS memben countrywide andespecially in the Western Cape, aredetermined not to allow the deathsto demoralise them, but commitlhemselves to working even hardertrc win the freedom our friends wiil;never see."Pmb student diesRAU ed firedThe editor of.the Rand AftikaansUniversity dtuilent newspaPer,Andre Vaughan, has been "giventhe chance to resign" by'the SRC,following a report in Die Herautthat questioned the desirabiiity ofthe recent prisoner swoP involvingMajor Wynand du Toit."Klaas de Jonge could havefurthered the struggle in SA withgreat success, while a defeatedsoldier could achieve little, even ifhe is working for hetoria again",the column said.RAU students claimed that the'offending edition had beencensored by the SRC before beingpublished. They said: "The forcedresignation of Andre shows there isno press freedom at RAU and nofreedom of spech. The only optionfor students is to start analternative newsoaoer."At the end of lasi y'ear, the editor. ofDie Heraut Herman Stevn.resigned .withour giving inyapparent reason, and in 1990, theeditor was asked to resign. TheRAU SRC claims ro be apolitical.'

tRacist Witsiesassault studentsBeer cans, along with racist andsexist comments, were hurled atSTEP (Students Teaching andEducation Programme) dramastudents at Spring Day at the Boz.Many of the students fled in tears,and the drama co-ordinator, KimThackwray, says attendance in herclass has dropped markedly sincethe incident.A Spring Day celebration wasorganised on Friday 4 Septemberat the Bozzoli. As part of thefestivities, about 18 studentsinvolved in the drama classes atSTEP presented a play.As the STEP students approachedthe stage, students in the crowdbegan laughing and jeering atthem. Several insulting, racist andsexist comments were made. Thestudents had barely started withtheir presentation, when they wereassaulted with empty beer cansthrown at them. They were forcedto leave the platform withoutcompleting freir presentation.The Spring Day was a SRC,VOW, Rag and Bozzoli Committeeinitiative. They approached theT'he Wits Science student, TsietsiMaleho, whose continued detentionafter six months incarceration wasdeclared lawful by a board ofreview, was suddenly releasedabout three weeks ago.The review of Tsietsi's case wasunusual in that his lawyer,Kathleen Satchwell, was allowed toaddress the hearing on why shebelieved it was necessary for thedetainee to be represented at theheari ng.Previously no lawyers have beenable to attend such hearings. Thereview board process is a tribunal,consisting of a judge and twoassistants, to decide on thecontinued detention or release of adetainee who has been in jail formore than six months.Under the regulations, neitherthe detainee nor his/her lawyermay be present. The board can beaddressed only by a policeman onthe merits of the case. Satchwellharshly criticized the process,saying, "The principle of hearingthe other side of the story exists inevery administrative decision andevery judicial hearing unless it hasbeen expressly excluded. It has notbeen expressly excluded in thispoint of law.""The decision can never be morethan 50 percent right", she said.In the absence of access todetainees or public scrutiny of theprocess, nobody would knowSRC to organise publicity andarrange some cultural activities.The SRC sent a letter tb clubs andsocieties asking if they would liketo participate. The STEP pupilsresponded with enthusiasm andprepared a presentation especiallyfor the event. Berenice Garb, SRCSecretary, said "The aim was tomake culture accessible to students.It was intended as a means ofuniting all sectors of students oncampus."The students were verydisillusioned by the incident. Onestudent said: "It made us feelstupid. Nothing else but liquormade them do this." Anotherstudent said: "Even when peopleare drunk, they still know what'sright and what's wrong. Theincident was political."Another student commented: "ldidn't expect this from Witsstudents. I had no idea they wouldfeel this way about us."When asked if they wouldperform again, most of the studentsfelt that they would rather not,Not charged aftersix months detentionwhether the detainee has been toldthe reasons for his/her detention(as is his or her right) or thathe/she can make representationsand that these will be put before thereview board.Following the denial to Tsietsi tobe represented at the review boardon the grounds that the board hadalready been advised on the meritsof the case by a policeman.Satchwell made a Supreme Courtapplication for Tsietsi's release onthe grounds that his detention wasnot lawful.On the day the police had torespond to Satchwell's applicationTsietsi was released. The reasonthat he was detained, according tothe police, was for harbouring "anANC terrorist". This is a seriousoffence under South African law,yet on his release Tsietsi was notcharged with anything.Tsietsi was a member of theAzaso (now Sansco) executive in1984/85. Last year he workedprimarily for the Release MandelaCampaign. He held no officialposition on the BSS last year, butwas described by last yearspresident as a "key member ofBSS".Tsietsi has been in detention forover half a year and he has lost awhole year of study at university.Nevertheless. he has never beencharged or tried for any offencesome felt that they might,depending on conditions - if propersecurity was organised.When asked about this security,Berenice Garb said that securityhad been arranged for the day butnot specifically for the studenLs.The STEP Executive issued astatement in which they deploredthb "contemptuous disrespect"shown by students of thisuniversity. The statementchallenged the SRC to investigatethe incident.of the university community. TheSRC opposes such activity andconveys an apology for theseinsulLs."Berenice Carb also attended theSTEP Ceneral Meeting toapologise to the students. Acommittee has been set up by theSRC to investigate the incident.As part of the cultural eventsorganrsect, the Fine Arf,s studentsUnion (FSU) put on a display ofstudents' paintings. The displaywas vandalised and some of thepaintings were defaced.Fine Arts Students said they feltThe SRC passed a motion disillusioned and most of themcondemning "the racist and sexist rvould not be prepared to displayremarks made by certain members their work on campus again.Wits Student submiWits Sndent is required to submit a copy of all its editions publishedafter lL September 1987 to the Ministry of Home Affairs in Pretoria,within three days of publication. The order has been made in terms ofthe proclamation on 28 August 1987 which is aimed at clamping down onthe alternative pressWits Sudent must continue to submit its editions until 11 June 1988.Iffound to be "undesirable" it can be suspended for up to three monthsWits Student was contacted by the Ministry on Wednesday 23September and was asked why we had not submitted our publication forinspection. There has not been an edition since 11 September.Jan van Eck, independent MP for Claremon! said that these repressivesteps were "the actions ofa scared government, which is desperatelytrying to hide from and rprotect' the white electorate from the harsh andfrequently ugl.v realities of South Africa, as reflected in the alternativepress,ttWhile it was disclosed that Dr de Vries is to serve on the 'censorshipboard', Stoffel Botha has refused to reveal the names of the 'otherexperts', since it would be 'counter productive' and he did not want tosubject them to 'possible harassment'.and his fate has been decided on bya secret tribunal who make theirdecisions without any legal representationby the detainee.There are about 8l otherdetainees who have been held forionger than six months in terms ofthe same legislation, the infamoussection 29 of the Internal SecurityAct. Ihey will all have their casesreviewed in the same manner.Thanks to tlrc lVeekly Mail

- NET'VEiWits security and SAPisthere a connection?The National Education, Healthand Allied Workers Union(Nehawu) has sent Ian Crowther,Deputy Registrar of IndustrialRelations a letter alleging thatChief of Security, Cliff Hearst isnot conducting his job properly.The major complaint isthat Hearst does not follow thecorrect procedure when disciplininghis staff.According to Nehawu, Crowther'sresponse was a letter inwhich he "refused to discuss thematter". The shop steward said,"This university is not prepared todo anything about Hearst."Nehawu has still to decide on anofficial response.Ilearst's behaviour is not the onlycomplaint which Nehawu has takento Admin. Robert Mkhize, Presidentof Nehawu, appealedfl"s"'lisainstttProfessor and Honorary Professor.Sidney Kentridge is an advocatewho was a member of the Board ofthe Law Faculty.Dr Motlana is a general medicalpractioner, chairPerson of theSoweto Civic Association andconsultant to the university and theblack community.Each candidatemust be nomiiffiffi!ffia decisioSffiHearst of SecuritY at workagainst him by the Wits DisciplinaryCommission. He receiveda written warning for oncerefusing to leave Hearst's office.This means that he will be firednext time he contravenes the rules."We must do something but we'renot sure what," said Nehawu shopstewards.The most alarming issue raised inNehawu's letter were allegations ofWits Security co-operating withthe South African Police. Theletter sent to Ian Crowther allegesthat there is a radio base on campuswhich only the white security staffare allowed to use.Nehawu alleged that when apolitical meeting was held oncampus on 5 May Security alertedthe police. Neither Hearst norCrowther were available forcomment.Tober retiresIn a circular distributed onMonday 14 September 1987 ,Professor Karl Tober, Vice-Chancellor and PrinciPal of theUniversity, announced his retire -ment with effect from 31December 1988."I am obliged to take this steP onmedicai grounds," said Toberwhen asked for a reason.He received similar advice lastyear and informed Dr N. Srutter -heim, Chairman of Council, on 1April 1986 ofhis decision to rettrein January 1988. ln the interim,his condition improved and hereversed his decision at the requestof the Council of the UniversitYand accepted the position until 31December 1993.Rhodes gets unionised Gouncil electionsBlack workers at Rhodes University have joined the Cosatu affiliated'lransport and General Workers Union, after the University Councilagreed to recognise the union.Vice-Principal of Rhodes, Roux van der Merwe, a recognisedindustrial relations expert, said the council has approved recognition ofthe union in principle. He went on to say that the council had agreed thatthe union could have access to Rhodes workers. and could now deductstop orders.Union organiser, Ms Immalde Bailey, said that it is a 'great victory'for the workers, and that already a majority of workers had signed upwith the union.The next step in the relationship is to get a recognition agreement, ofrvhich a draft proposal had been submittted to the university.This breakthrough follows a period in which much antagonism existedbetween the university and its workers.Shopping mall for arcadef,h?,The Student Union Arcade is to be altered to accorffnodate three extrashops, possibly a hairdresser and an enlarged games room, following theresults of a recent SRC Student Services survey.The changes will facilitate acc6ss to campus health for disabiedstudents, Sasts and the sports shop may be moved downstairs. Soundproofingis also being considered to makd the arcade a new venue forjols.Nikki Howard, who holds the SRC Student Services portrolio, says "Itwas clear from the SRC survey that students wanted additional facilitieson campus. I think it is an exciting project that will add vibe and a senseThe election of two new membersto the Convocation division ofthe Council of the university are atpresent taking place. Alumni (paststudents) of the universitY areeligibie to stand and vote for theConvocation.Once a member is elected, theterm of office lasts for four years.This year the two vacant Positionsare being contested bY threecandidates: Professor DavidIlarris, Sidney Kentridge and DrNtatho Motlana.Professor Harris is a Direbtor ofHowever, his health deterioratedagain, resulting in his presentannouncement of retirement.During his office as Vice-Chancellor, first phase of the WestCampus Development was com -pleted.He joined Wits in 1961 as asenior lecturer in the Departmentof German Studies.He was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 1976. and Vice-Chancelior and Principal of theUniversity on I January 1984.The present term of officeexpires on 27 October 1987.Wits Studert asked Dr Yan ZylSlabbert if the rumcurs that he is totake over the Vice Chanceilorshipare true. He laughed, but said thatno one had approached him yet.Rosholt awardDr A.M Rosholt, Chancellor ofWits, was awarded the 1987 WitsBusiness School Award forManagement Excellence.Dr Rosholt is chair of SouthAfrica's largest listed industrialcompany, Barlow Rand Limited.He also received the 1984Ilarvard Business School Club's"Business Statesman of the Year"award.#iTl;'Liff::?:"311 Gou nci I deathA State President appointee to theUniversity Council, Jan H. Smith,died on Wednesday 23 September.He was appointed to the Council inFebruary 1980, and was reappointedin 1983.He worked for Escom since 1950and was appointed as Chair in1980. Smith was President of theCouncil of the Witwatersrand

Black student elected onto LSCA black student, Zarina Jeena. has beenelected onto the Law Students Council.Standing as an" independent candidate", shecontradicted BSS's established poiicy of nonparticipation.In a lerter to students, BSSappealed to students - as the recognised representativesof black students - not to be led intoindiscipline by her "divisive" behaviour.Jeena was voted onto the LSC in fifth p1ace.The eiection for ten places was contested byfourteen candidates.In her manifesto she said the LSC should not,be "elitist, ineffectualor redundant". "I believethat more effective and dynamic studentparticipation can occur on the LSC regardlessofrace, sex and religion," she stated.Her record of achievement listed heractivities as a class rep for six legal coursessince 1984, and membership of lVirs Student in1984, and Law Direcrive.BSS's policy of non-participation precludesblack students from standing for ciass reps.Jeena said "I don't see why i should be an activemember of BSS."Recentiy BSS achieved representation on theECCresultsFaculty Board in the school ofLaw . There arenow two black strrdents representing thespecific needs of black srudents in the LawSchool. "Action such as Zarina's underminesunited and mandated action such as this",remarked a BSS member. A past Wits Studentmember described an incident where Jeenastarted speaking in a class, and was hissed by amember of BSS. A personal aitercationfoliowed, and white sfudents in the class twiceapplauded Jeena for asserting tnat she "was notstanding as a biack student, but as a 1awsludent".A BSS member studying law commented,"She seems shy of her cultural back-ground,"to which Jeena responded "That'sabsolutelyridicuious", and described the comment as"infantile".BSS responded to Jeena'sindependent srandingfor the election (which became a controversialissue among law students) by issuing a letter tostudents. ln this, they set out their reasons andtheir policy of non-participation, and noted thepresence of an "arrogant dissenter" on campus."Participation at cermin levels on campuswould reflect a false image, rhat things are finein South Africa", the ietter read. It noted thatthe number of blacks who can attend universiffis totalll' disproportionate to the number ofwhites, vis-a-vis the ratio of biacks to whites inSouth Africa."We know that our people are denied theright to participate in the major decisionmaking processes in this countn'. As membersof this community , it is a task entrusled to usby history not to advance positions notreflective of that reality", stated the letter. Atthis stage it is felt that conditions are such thatblack South Africans cannot offer analternative to universities where admission iscontrolled by "exhorbitant fees" - an unfairrating system which takes little or no account ofvast discrepancies in South Africans'access towealth and education.Nonetheless, BSS recognizes that it "mustmove from a position of non-panicpation to aparticipation which will marerially anddecisively influence the direction of thisuniversity".This must be done in consultationwith all black students on campus, and not onindividual initiatives.Jeena holds the position of the editor of DeMinimus , the Law Stucients' Councilpublication.For five weekdays until TuesdaY22 September, ECC held areferendum on carnpus to find outif students supported the right ofSouth Africans to question the lawsregarding conscription.One of the aims of thereferendum was to guage if it wasviable for ECC to take up issuesregarcling conscription on campus.They also planned to approach theUniversity Senate on the basis ofthe referendum results in the hoPethat the University would helPstudents who have conscriPtionproblems while they are studying.About 2800 people voted, withover 9QVo voting "Yes". ECC hadhoped to glean more votes but feltthe result "wasn't too bad."ECC believed they could havemore effect on campus with areferendum. "The ECC did notrun for the SRC this year becausewhen we did last year we had verylittle effect in terms ofpopularising the ECC," said JohnTurnbuli, an ECC member."Nonetheless a lotofpeople votedbecause the question was not toopolitically orientated."The use of roving polls allowedECC members to drscuss the issuewith individual students, althoughat times this actually siowed downthe voting procedure. Manystudents canvassed chose not tovote because they feared anythingwhich might link them toopposition to the government.90 /" support the right toOne original excuse for notvoting was that the ECC was afront for the British coloniaiistsystem - Had this person been to anAWB rally recently? No one elsein South Africa has that type ofimagination.The referendum was supportedby many organisations, inciudingChristian groupings, STEP, ERC,the SRC, Wits Stu.dent and others.A surprising supporter was theSMA. "It is merely an attempt bythe SMA to gain a iiberal, morepopular image on carnpus," saysTurnbull.The referendum result lendssupport to the ECC's role as anorganisation which questions theissue of conscription.Suttner honouredRaymond Suttner, a senior law lecturer at Wits, is the only whiteperson currently in detention. He has been inside since June last year -and because there are no other white detainees, he is kept in solitaryconfinement.Transvaal UDF Education Officer, Raymond was honoured at therecent law dinner organized by the Law Students'Council. Lawlecturer, Cathy Albertyn, a friend of Raymond's received the "LawStudents'Council's Special Award" on his behalf.Grant Cordon, outgoing LSC president, says the award was createdthis year. "Law students have been deprived of Raymond's guidance andteachings for over 450 days. This arvard shows that we remember him".Jackie Cock, a member of the Advisory Group on Detentions, which ismade up of academic staff, said: "There has been no protest around thedetention of members of the Wits ccmmunity anart from thatby academics and friends who protested on Raymond's birthday".According to government figures, 16 282 people have been helddetention for 30 days or more under Emergency regulationsimplemented in June last year. One of these is Chris Ngcobo, formerBSS president who graduated in absentia.is has been in detention for 482 da

SMA travelsto Tuks toheckle NusaspresidentThe National Union of South AfricanStudents (Nusas) has recently been denied theright to establish a local committee at PretoriaUniversity.The Tukkies SRC turned down the NusasNew billsthreatenSTEPThe government has put forwardan Education Laws AmendmentBill which if passed will bring allbiack education under the controlof the Department of Educationand give the Minister of Educationnew powers of control overadmissions to schools, closing ofschoois and the fuing of teachers.The path of the Bill itself hasbeen lined with confusion andirony. The National EducationCrisis Committee was asked byparliament to comment on the Billwhile the DET has said they knowof no such submission to theNECC.Apparently the Bill was sent tothe NECC, a UDF affiliate, on therecommendation of the PFP in a3ommittee where the DET waspresent. Most of the NECCexecutive are in detention at themoment. The decision to submit:he Bill to the NECC is alsounexpected in the light of theaccusation last year by a memberof parliament that it was carryingout the aims and policies of theAfrican National Congress.The somewhat humorous side ofthe Bill's progress does not detractfrom its sinister implications.The Bill, which oniy applies toblack education, redefines a''school" as any institution thatoffers black education. Thisrncludes pre-school and postschooieducation encompassinganything from nursery schools totechnikons. It also covers allinformal education and tutoringschemes. The Srudent TeachersEducation Program (STEP), runby Wits students as well as any,adult education, colleges or unioneducation programs would beredefined as a "school" and wouldbe bound by all the regulationsgoverning schools.The regulations also extend thepowers of the Minister ofEducation over schools. In termsof the Bills the Minister has thepower to close schools and toUapplication on the basis that the motives of theNusas launching committee was 'suspect' andthat Nusas is antithetical to the 'Afrikaansnature' of Pretoria University.In response to this, Nusas challenged the SRCto debate the issue under the topic "Wie en watis Nusas?" The SRC declined this and insteadinvited the National Students Federation (NSF)to take their place.The platform was shared by Nusas President,Steve Kromberg and Phillip Verster of NusasStellenbosch, versus the NSF President, PhillipPorvell and Nicholas Myburgh of theStellenbosch NSF.'I'he debate rvas characterised by a voialcontingent of the Student Moderate Alliance(SMA), Wits affiliate to the NSF, who heckledcontinuously as Kromberg and Verster spoke.-jsuspend students, teachers andprincipals without priorconsultation with the principals orlocal authorities.A further ciause prohibits theentrance of students to schoolpremises for any activity besides"school events", defined as schoolinstruction, sports gatherings andother events that have theprincipal's sanction. This is seen asan attempt to prevent schoolsbecoming community meetingplaces and to hamper studentorganisation in schools.Teachers absent for more than 14days can automatically be fired,and school attendance will becompulsory,A further clause provides for thesupply of free textbooks. The BillwJAlthongh the NSF claimed not to support thebanning of Nusas at Tukkies, "the 'half-truthsand slander' on the nature of Nusas simplyreinforced the SRC's decision", saidKromberg.The NSF also attacked the Nusas/Sansco nonracialalliance, Powell claiming Sanscodescribed itself as "the internal wing of theANC and that 'a vote for Sansco is a vote forOliver Tambo and the ANC"'Nicholas Myburgh conspiratorially alludedto a "private side" of Nusas, revealed only to aselect few, but failed to elaborate on the contentof this "private side".When challenged on freedom of speech,vociferous heckling prompted Kromberg torespond "What you have here is a speaker beingdisrupted."Eight past SRC Presidents came to a cocktail party celebrating SRCAdministrator Jocelyn Cairns'decade ol working for the SRC. From left:Lloyd Vogelman (1982/3); Claire Wright (1985/6); Brendan Barry (1983/4)Etienne Marais (1986/7); Hose Hunter (1987/8); Norman Manoim(1979/30); Jeremy Clarke (1981/2); Jocelyn Cairns.also mentions the alternativesyllabi drawn up by the NECC-andmakes it clear ahat ttre bhtYacceptable syllabus is that of theDET.This Bill comes in the wake of deKlerk's bill on universities,designed to stifle campus Protest,and is seen by the NECC as"further entrenching apartheideducation."The NECC called a nationalconsultative conference to discussthe Bill. They noted that the Bill"does not address the continuingcrisis in our schools which is due toapartheid education" and thereforeresolved to "reject the Educationand Training Amendment Act intotal and call for the withdrawl ofthis Act."They arso resolved to consultnationally with mass democraticorganisations with a view tolaunching regional and nationalcampaigns to show their rejectionof the Bill.The Bill has dehnite implicationsfor Wis students. If the BiIl wereto be passed STEP, a tutoringscheme for biack students, wouldfall under the conEol of the DET.Ian Michelow, one of the twoSTEP co-ordinators, said that ifthis were to happen STEP wouldhave seriously to consider theeffects this would have on itsteaching role. Under the newpowers that the Minister ofEducation would have it would alsobe possible for him to close STEPat any time.

A: How is Wits Student run andhow does one become involved?A: lVits Studenl is an SRC Sub-Committee, open to any student oncampus. Most people join duringOrientation Week, but anyone cancome up to the offices during theyear and become a member.Wits Sndent produces thenewspaper from start to finish:story writing, photography,designing, etc. Everybody in theorganisation has a say in therunning oflTirs Shtdent, eachportfolio on the collective, e.g.We produce thefrom startto finishNews Editor, ArLs Editor, FeaturesEditor, etc., is elected by everystaff member. The Editor has thento be ratified by the SRC.Q: T'he last tht ee editors havebecn wonrcnl ore there any specialreasons for this?A: Wits Studeil supportsfeminism and encourages everyoneThe SI/IA wantsto disaeditusto participate fully. The number ofwomen editors reflects the fact thatwomen are able to participate andassert tlremselv es in W its Student.There are equal numbers of menand women on the collective.Q: Some sndents believe ilraWits Student is doninated bypolitics,and that campus issues areignorcd. Do you agree?A: Wits Sndcnf has alwaysasserted that it is a campusnewspaper, and I think our articlesreflect this. The last edition had acampus featuie, and in this editionthe vast majority of news, arts andsports stories are campusoriented. This is also evident inour other editions. This is not tosay that we do not attachimportance to national issues,The Bureauwanted aWits Studenttoespecially those relevant tostudents.Q: The SMAclaimslVits Studentfakes its own lelters. Does it?A.' No.WirsSfuddnt publishesevery letter it gets unless itcontravenes the cmergencyregulations or our editorial policy- so letters cannot be racist orsexist. Obviously, potentiallydefamatory letters are checked bylawyers and may be censored.We accept letters from studentswriting under pseudonyms but weprefer students to leave their namesSrrzart/ATEXLaw student Alex Kuhn is the new editor, and she willdivide her time (disproportionately) between an LLBand Wils Student. Students on campus asked hersome questions, but forgot to ask when she is going toreplace her school satchel, is she in love with Nurden,and what does she do with the fifteen cutting knives sheerries around with herconstantlv?and student numbers.The letters which the SMAclaimed lYits Student wrote werein fact letters received by us andprinted in good faith. We do nothave access to universitycomputers to variFy the namesgiven in letters, and have no ideaWts Student doeswrite its ownhow the SMA came to know thatthe names given were not those ofregistered students.Let me explain what brouglrtabout the SMA's claims. One ofour reporters was allegedlyassaulted by SMA Vice-ChairGareth Evans and we covered thestory.The University refused to presscharges, despite eye-witnessaccounts from security. So theSMA claimed we'd written theletters to discredit them because wewere dissatisfied with tbeUniversity's decision. As I havealready explained, this iscompletely untme.Because of the interdict the SMAobtained from the WitwalersrandSupreme Court, our lawyersadvised us to hold back oncornrnent about the SMA'sallegations in case they broughtfurther legal action against us.But we do feel that students maybe concerned about the SMA'sclaims although it is interestingcopies arewithinhourthat the SMA often uses negativepublicity to discredit lYits Sudentlike it did in tlris case. but seldomhas substantial facts to back itsargument up.Q: Is Wits Student censored inanv otherwav?49 rEiUlVtEU Urrugr ttlEemergency regulations and theextensive press curbs. We have tosend every page to lawyers andoften stories and photos arecensored.We knowwiEis weakin SportsThe Bureau of Informationrequested a subscription toV(itsStudent , and with the latestclampdown on the alternativepressWi/s Student is required tosend every edition to theCensorship Board in Pretoriawithin three days of publication.Q: Some sntdents have said theyare sceptipal about relrot is pintedin Wits Student. Do you think ausfudents are?A.' Not all students are scepticalabout lYits Stadent . We distributeabout 8 000 copies of each ehiionon East and West campus and atMedical School. Within an hour ofdistribution all copies are usuallygone,Because our approach is not thatof the commercial press - weanalyse as well as describe evenls -I think some students are unused toit and maybe a degree of scepticismaccompanies this ini tial response.We would likeWits Studcnr rcchallenge, rather than intimidate itsreaders.dated Nurdenonce...Q: Why will this year,s WitsSnrlent be diJferentfrom all theotlrers?A.' The staff onl&h Srrdent aremore enthusiastic and dedicatedthan I've ever known them to be.Each collective member iscommitted to improving his or herportfolio. We've also worked hard(and are working hard) to set upstrong communication networksfrom the llth Floor to the Boz.Sfudenfs mustmake suggestionstc usThis means that campus newsshould be more reliable, varied andnewsworthy, andWits Student isalso the only publication whereyou can get carnpus news.We also know that in areas likeSport and Arts we are particularlyweak, and we are attempting toimprove here.Students must feel free tocriticise and make suggestionstoWits Student.Q: Is it trae you're ltavbtg anatfairwith Nurdcn?A.' Well, I've dated him a coupleof times, but he's too inteliectual.

PamphletchallengesSRCOnce again, an unknown grouphas put out a pamphlet condemningthe continued existence of the SRC.The group, calling itself"Concerned Students" , challengesthe SRC to justifymandate or resign.their lowUnlike Slat (Students HumpingAgainst Tyranny), fhe ConcernedStudents pamphlet is not obscene.It is professionaily iaid out and itscriticisms are vaiid.Commenting on the pamphlet,Michael Avidan. who holds theScag (Social Community ActionGroup) porfolio on the SRC, said:"We agree IOOVo frtat we have tojustify the resuits and our course ofaction. This course of action wasdrawn up after discussions andsurveys with student leadenhip andthe general sudent body."C oncerned S tudents do not offerany real suggestions for improvingthe existing SRC or for analternative structure. They areanonymous. This has caused someconcern.Mike Avidan commented: "Toprint so many pamphlets of thisquality would cost about R200 atime. I wonder if a group ofstudents would be prepared tospend so much money. My feeiingis that it is much more likely to bean organisation which has access toconsiderable fundins."Newer ona SundaYThe Wartenweiler OvernightLibrary is no longer open onSunday afternoons. For the past 18months, it was open between 14h00and 18h00 but very few studentsused the facility. The decision todiscontinue the service was madeon financial grounds.The Wartenwejler Main Libraryhas extended its hours. It is nowopen until 23h00 from Monday toThursday, on Sarurday morningsfrom 08h30 to 12h30 and onSunday afternoons from 14h00untii 18h00The hours at other libraries areWilliam Cullen: Mon - Thttrs:08h30 - 17h00Fri: 08h30 - 16h00Sar 08h30 - 12h30Sun: ClosedEducom: Mon, Tues, Thurs:08h30 - 21h00Wed: 09h30 - 21h00Fri: 08h30 - 17h00Sat 08h30 - 12h30Sun: ClosedBiological & Physical SciencesMon, Tues, Thurs: 08h30 -20h00Wed: 09h30 - 20h00Fri: 08h30 - 18h00Sat 08h30 - 12h30Sun: ClosedFood may sometimes belousy value for money in res, but the BiologyDepartment has assuredstudentsthat grubs haveplenty of nutritionavalue and they're free.Increasedfees, sfolen r;rrrs, Itadforld, rnsensilrv AdmFestudenfs revolResidence fees have increaseddramatically over the past fewyears, going up from R2 200 in1984 to R2 500 in 1985, R2 800 in1986 and R3 200 this year. Thep'oposed residence increase isrumoured to be substantiallyhigher that the inflation rate andHouse Committee representativesare known to be extremelydissatisfied for the Administration'sreasons for this.Most students interviewed feel,that fees are already too high. Astudent at Sunnyside commented"We pay R40 a year for parkingand ali we get are stolen cars. WitsSecurity is almost non-existent."Students at Barnato and Jubileeechoed this concern.A large proportion of studentswere dissatisfied with meals andmany complained about the lack ofconsideration for vegetarians.Another common complaint wasabout the fact that students pay formore meals than they acrually eat."We should pay for what we eat.As far as we are concened we aresubsidising the canteen every timewe don't take a meal there," said RMc Intosh of Men's Res.Students aren't as much dissatisfiedwith quality of food aswith the prices that they pay forthat quality and would be preparedto eat res food without complainingat a lower price.Many res students feel that theYput time and effort into supportingthe University and that theyprovide spirit and backup at socialand sporting events. "Administrationthanks reses for thesupport with an insensitiveattitude." said a Men's Res student."Pennlp nn thp I I th floor areout of touch with the"o.pietelyway res students feei."A Sunnyside resident said, "Theactions of Admin seem to indicatethat they are more concerned withfinancial success than the wellbeingof the students.""The Administration is extremelyunwilling to take up resgrievances in a meaningful way,they just don't seem to care," addeda Jubilee student. House Committeesresponded to the proposed resincreases by rejecting themcompletely. SRC President RoseHunter pledged lQjVo support forthe res House Committees.At informal House Assembliesstudents voted unanimously infavour of definite protest actionagainst the increase with 900srudents signing a protest petition.A General Residents AssemblYwas called for Monday 28 todiscuss grievances and to show aunited rejection of Adminproposals.A spokesperson for the HouseCommittees noted that the wardenswere sympathetic towards thestude'nr'acrivities and this was tobe weicomed. This was an indicationthat the proposals putforward by student representativeswere reasonable and practical andthat the Administration shouldview them in fiis light.The general feeling amongst resstudents was that most of themsimply couldnt afford to pay morefees for res. Many senior studentswould have to move out and it ispredicted that the reses would losecohesion and spirit.It is also feared that thesubstaltial increases will create asifuation where only the privilegedelite wouid be able to afford resfees and where underprivelegedstudents would be denieduniversiry accommodation.

Hanged for acting@I\TEWS-sutferinThirty people are currently on Circumstances then forced himdeath row in iouth Africa for into petty theft.politically-related crimes. These fantjies had very little orthodoxpeople have been sentenced to politiial knowledge _ he didn,tdeath for the elimination of people inow when the UDF was formedwho they perceive as and he knew very little about itscollaborators, ie cou,ncillors, policies. Also thehrst time Jantjiesinformers and (black) police. irad heard of Steve Biko was whenThe government refers to the he was in prison.thirty as common criminals and WeUineton Mieiies had amurderers. Sayco (South Afric.an relatively good education _ a StdYouth Congress) looks g,at the and he neier had to resort to pettymotives for their "crimes" and crimes. Mieiies had a iob manu _regards them as patriots. They say facturing moror car parts, but hethat many of the thirty on death was undir a great deal of economicrow faced very specific and Dressure.politically frustrating circum- He was the only breadwinner forstances. This caused them to re - his mother, his ion, his aunt andsort to "socially unacceptable";xff*1l#:'"i{fffiuncle and their children. Like reiates to the protectionf***$A#;";", ;il[*ft;:.ffift;tt.;ofR ap eSeptember, rtrPtcuutrr' despite .,ssl,tc local rocar and ano Archbishop Archhishon Trrhr Tu_ru_selt spnr 2 a lrcr last given d;r,a- _r^^_^- prisoner ^a __-international pressure foror*- iiarur. rt" Rapeclemen -crisis centres, includingminute plea io PW Botha, asking to on aeao.o* *oula trr"n not be peopiecy' The execution of Moses opposing women AbusethatooliticallyinspiredconvictsbJ treated asJantjies and wellingtonmere "common (powa)Mielies forin Johannesburg, cape.pa."d the deattr penalty. At a crirninals"necklacing Kwa Nobuhle townTown, Durban, Maritzburg andoiaver meeting for Jantjies and counselcouncillor Thamsanqafor the prisoners is Grahamstown held a national 4gf:*tl Vi"u"t,the Reverend'Frank currentlysparked off further violencearguinginthat South hourphone-in on22and,23Augustchikane said that they had chosen Africa, althoughblackcommunities'not a signatory of to gather information and statisticsviolence and that ihe "institu- the conventi;n, t Lofno uy it. about the violence and abusetioyriy$violence.of theapartheid.*'3*T":T,:"1il:"1flt1"1"1::ihe reasoningcommunity councillor'behindHe and histhis is rhar experienced by south Africanregime" had caused them to do so. internationalsons allegedley ruled byarmedfear and '-,conflicts are women. The call-in also aimed.toweresaidtohaveou'"i'to.'iffi9:1-.,11armedconflictsinwhichoffersupportandcounselling'hippos pointing puopr."oui io Fi#tfi,+#$ffi### f,ift ,f,":i':I"iinl-lt:gainstracist !|ose,ona.hundred and nrtvpolice.Hewasa11egedly.r'.""iy|i$"{'.ffi::sil?'i^*",^.::1i1e.9ftheir::]:,ilT"tintodescribetheirreature in::Tl,:':t:?:J,"1tf: Y?::T::: ^J1::-"*."tne rives ensi'ineato resign after the Uitenhagei" t[. ci,.ri.r or the rhe response to rhe phone-in wasof these two men was rheir unitedNarion.;.tfrf:T#?::ndori"*lrriii #.;rfrrXli#;#"tild.*^rhe,,save the :i,ojt,.l...^:, povertv and hard - is a signarory,r," -cr,urt..,11 Foi many women this was rhe32"campaignis whether;Uq ::li;- ff1".1*:r:h:,". Tl'l :_T$i.'",ffTrt:,:"#.:;::'J?T',r. ff:i,1il:.T;"ffJ.j'j,'#i:activists are politically political iy.t.r, T::t::I"^djbut against the UDF, cosatu, urei. urriilt.. una presentAlthoughabuse.some of thep"::..T::,?:For example, ofsuffering tiey *e.e experiencing. various .rru..tr-orguni;;on..death row may It thosebe politicallywomen who were sexuallyThat suffering is the reality of rtemands an ena to?e iangingaware, or assaultedthis was definitelyas children,notoriythe3ilvohadapartheid. al1 political pri;io;;rs, ,i.,casewithJantjiesandMielies,Sourf., ever spoken to anybody about it.certain prisoners on death row errica uecories,,SexualMosesaJantjies wasrir"abuse remainsan illiterarelargely aas well u, ,o,n. o.g;;;li; Geneva conu"ntiori ",ig".aryunJ that all hiddenepileptic.crime inHe workedour society,as a casual (inehrrtinoonetr *.Iabourer for a short *irir" i"i** l'j'^".':_t],",i {NC) are claiming imprisoned activists be given that is difficult to acknowiedge andfinding himserf",..ii,lrill -B:"J;:l;:" ""qfi,j-L'""ljJ;# r{Tff:l"-fr""v,i,e12 *," %i}Ti;xf"rxi}?1J..ilcommercial cornflalie ipurnafism *kl=],"g?when you next nonchalantly spill rhe commerical press in Southt'I,blame manag^ers.of papers as proportion of incestcoffee and eat a jam doughnut over and childhoodAfrica is almost entirely owned by much as the State-for the erosron otyoursexualcopy of Wils Student'abuse calls received.Anglo-American.ThisHeard sees the press freedom." says Weaver.remember it is a rare piece ofmay be as a result of increasedrole of the altnerative press as .arrernative press you are nring in the -brandness;,,or. the"rTi1H"rffiTr:ililttii,iti;llli:;i?::l"r:_tff#ff,,o.ti:descecrating.Commercial Dress. whose "crime. ' lAt a recenr garhering of the their news, the commercial press thln an;;i.k; ;;';;il;I""";:;;:T._ry^ein its occurrance.south African studenti' prus,resorts to "cornflakes journalism" Powa beiieves that itoii.i- .*ia.-;;ruJ;':Tilis important(tnion (saspui, the probtemsin order to compete, he;;;;r" *)";r*A' ,n"riJ'ia."iivsaid. to expose the extent and nature ofexperienced by loth the Asil;*;;iitheiv tfrecommercialcommunitvpress the. violence being perpetrateditcommerical and alternative pressbecomesserves andincreasingly.i"i*;;r;ineffective, againstwomen'were examined. Tony Heard, ex- ;";;'b;;;r;" "1rr..,"the tole of the alternative press thanks.Powaall the women whoCape Times editor, and Tony ,"f "fi;;;;; becomes more crucial.r- ,";;' ;;;i;i'ils:Kate Philip phoned in,. as well as all the people^"i";;j_Weaver, deputy sub-editor of the .ou.unirin "ruUf sees Southu-Ou.nturou,Africa today as and organizations who helped toCape Times, recently acquirted on i.* ';-- -' composed of " two separate orgalize the phone--^'in.charges under the Police Act,aliries", that of the white suburbs Anyone needing support orshared the platform with Kare According to Weaver, stringent and that of the black townships. informationregardingtherapeandPhilip, past Nusas President.press curbs have increasingly made "The majority of whites cannot and battery of women can phoneThL most recent gazetted press h::oTl:..:ial press the reporter not ever experience black life- 642-4345 between 5:30 -10:30curbs are aimed directly ai theof "official .theversion". Despite styles" she mid. "Thur it is the role weekdayg oralternative press and Wits Student heightened State repression, the oi the press to attempt to bridge 339-1020 for 24 hours overhas been ordered to submit each commercial press is "reluctanto these realities and as t[" weekendsedirion to the Ministrv of Home il:111:.'::"::fl: 1ii*lfl:il

Tftls yearb Are Students Councilwas "elected" unopposed. The lackof interest shown by Arts studentscould be an indication that they feelfaculty councils and the class repsystem do not benefit them.Surely if students saw the facultycouncil working for them theywould support it? We posed thisquestion to Lalage Hunter - the newASC president. We also wonderedif this ASC is any different fromthe Arts Students Councils we hadpreviously experienced."The big problem is no one's evertaken the effort to make the ASCwork." says Lalage emphatically."Not much has been done for Artsstudents recently and we haven'tbeen given much reason to supportthe council."This year, Lalage is adamant, willbe different, "We have ten people'on the ASC and there is a lot ofexcitement and new ideas "Wits Student was still sceptical,why bother at all?"Because", says Lalage, "there area lot of real changes that can bemade, hundreds of Arts studentshave very real grievances."She listed a few that were veryclose to home: Freezing examvenues; bad lecrures; the perreniallibrary problem; racial and sexua!discrimination. One of the firstthings the new ASC has beguninvestigating are the changes beingmade to timetables which willaffect students who chose theirmajors on the basis of previoustimetables."Stude;ts don't often questiontheir relative powerlessnessbecause all their lives theyv'e beenused to sitting back and having"Education" given to them." shesays. "We have voting rights on theFaculty Boards - a committee madeup of heads of departments andother lecturers which decides onfaculty issues ranging fromadmission to restricted courses tothe restructuring of degrees. Weare able to bring up any matteraffecting students and have theability to make students problemsknown and to affect real changes."Lalage stressed however, thatchanges could only be made if theASC wasn't working off its "ownbat.""If we have the backing ofstudents we'll have the respect olthe staff," she said."The ASC plans to run class repelections instead of leaving it to thelecturers. This, we hope, willensure students have committedclass reps," says Lalage."The class reps will also be pivotalin the lecturer evaluation systemwe want to introduce, the results ofwhich can be taken to departmentsor to the Dean. Who knows, wemight even print the results." sheadds with devilish twinkle in hereye."On a personal note I really wantto organise decent film festivals.AIso, we must arrange a systemwhereby students can collectand the uContrary to popular belief the SEC does not spend all iis time inthe engineers' bar.Students in the Engineering and Law faculties know what it is tohave hard working; sucessful faculty councils which get thingsdone. Most Arts and Science students have never exthis. Mfs Student focuses on three faculties'Atts, Engineerinand Law - to find out: their ways of operating' their problems altheir plans. In shod, what it takes to make a faculty councilwork!lecture notes etc. for classmates indetention.Looking around the ASC office, ahive of enthusiasm, Wits Studentbelieves the ASC might get it rightthis time.The Students' EngineeringCouncil (SEC) was elected to officein a 40Vo poll, only 0.2Vo down onlast year.The sixteen membefs obviouslyhave the support of manyEngineers, and their new officeadjoins that of the EngineeringBook Supply Association (EBSA) -which is always inhabited byhandfuls of students. Thecentrality of the sEC offices mustcertainly boost their popularity.Also, over the years, the SEC hasacheived a number of things:EBSA, the creation of the SEC,sells equipment required byengineers - cheap. It also has abook-binding service. EBSA isnow open to all sfudents.Roald Kvevli the SEC presidentlists a few of its long termachievements: "Besides EBSA, werun the engineers school forSTD.9's and matrics, giving them ageneral overview of engineering.We organise the Wits pedal carrace; we send students overseas forvac jobs and arrange jobs forforeign students here. We also holdthe annual engineers ball.This year's SEC plans to get evenmore students involved in itsfunctions. "Our sports day is notalways great and the fault startshere - you have to have a motivatedcouncil. Our Rag float floppedbecause the person who held thatportFolio didn't work. We wantmore fun events." Roald said.Roald seemed ro emphasise thework of the SEC in providingentertainment but he assured WilsStudent the SEC is "a represtativebody for students, and we take uPtheir problems." According toRoald: "If the problem aboutProfessor Hanrahan(lY.S.Vol: 39No:13.) had gone through thechannels, begining with the classrep. right up to the Dean and thenonto us if necessary, it would havebeen sorted out properly."The SEC seems to have a verygood relationship with theengineering staff. "At the lastI.IUI^J AVA t LABLE ATEESARoald however does not believthat the SEC can challenge courscontent much :"the Profs. knortheir stuff and must say what is tbe taught."Can engineering students get bwithout their faculty councilRoald has no doubts here: "There ino ways students would achievhalf of what they do, without usNo fun, no book shops....it's th,same with the SRC, you can't drwithout it.Perhaps the most sucessful facultycouncil-over the past year has beenthe Law ..Students Council,Outgoing president Grant Gordonelaborates on the reasons for itssucess and gives his views onfaculty councils in general."One word" says Grant -"Chutspa! Seriously, we achievedthings because we had the respecof students and lecturers."The LSC introduced a book loanscheme which will be expandednext year in conjunction with thefaculty. The LSC has participatedin the restructuring of the entireLLB with the Faculty Board. Inconjunction with the AcademicStaff Development Centre it hasformulated a comprehensivelecturer evaluation questionaire."The questionaires areadministered by class reps andstudents take them seriouslybecause they get results, "'saysGrant. According to Grant, theLSC doesn't concentrate on anyspecific area, but tries to cover allthings affecting students. "In ouryear, I suppose the emphasis wason the quality of education. Infaculties which are against students"interferering" in, education thefaculty councils should make thefaculty understand students have alegitimate right to have a say intheir education - how, why andwhat."Grant believes faculty councilsdefinitely have a "political role".Furthermore he suggests the SRCshould run more of itsprogrammes throu gh faculties.BII.IDING]'I{ERIIAL AND RIN6I,OW PRICESL}I SKS: ALCAI'EL R? : O5NASHUA R?:4PUAL,CULA.|ORS: HP 15cRIA9 40HP.EBC R494 3T4t cv R365T341 CX R517oeEX(]LUD I N6 GSTSUTJT'I{ WESI' ENGINEERIN(J BASET{ENT

At the Saujselection circus RaelLissoos' quotablequote rilas:rrEveryone'sbobba should vote in Sau.iselections!r' Some sav hethinks rvith his fists. not with hisbrainl some say he's a Meir Kehanestipporter. Well, he's the new Sau.isChair and one Friday, he and WitsStudent, had a (close) encounter ofthe debatable kind...Like most interviews, this gotinteresting only after I Put downmy pen and said: "OkaY, off therecord, let's talk!" Still, there wereinteresting trends and debates'which came uP during the "onrecord" interview..'On the question of a fractiouscommittee and the controversysurrounding the original choice ofIlan Zimerman as Chair, Rael wasboringly diplomatic: "There are nodifferences in terms of Jewishawareness, we just needed a weekto get to know one another."Whiie the major focus of- Saujswill continue to be fighting antisemitismand promoting a Jewishidentity, Rael talks about a "newdirection" for Saujs: "Carl Linde'scommittee was out of touch withimportant campus organisationslike the SRC and BSS and becauseof a lack of communication, Saujsalienated itself," he said.Rael admitted that Saujs is oftenout of touch with what is haPPeningpoliticallY in South Africa andaqreed that Saujs's Politicalcimpaigns are sometimes off themark and a trifle "awkward".Apparently, the new committee istrying to bring South Africanismrt^l^-^-rl"We'veset upthree newportfolios on thecommittee: SouthAfrica. CommunitvService and SRC LiaiRael said.I complimented Rael on thesentiment but asked what itactually meant."We recognise the need toeducate ourselves and ourmembers on a range of toPicalissues. Also, Saujs can PlaY a Partin educating the broader Jewishcommunity about South Africa."he replied."Discussion grouPs withdifferent sectors of camPus are inthe pipeline. We reallY neededucation within Saujs. We need tohave discussions with PeoPle fromthe SRC and BSS about the SouthAfrican political situation andCampus, and Israel and the WestBank."Mentioning Israel and the WestBank set us off for hours!Unfortunately the interesting bitswere all "off the record"Speaking about the legacY of"campus jihads", Rael said: "Thereis a lack of understanding of eachother's views and feelings on bothsides. We've got to get the ballrolling. I'm going to do my best totry and see that these two societies(MSA and Saujs) stop antagonisingeach other. There are ideologicaldifferences but this mustn't becomeantagonistic. We must use verbal'other'responses."Wits Studerrt: Rael, You haYen'texactly got a reputation for calmrationality.Rael.' Well,...Wits Sndent: ... and what aboulthe Meir Kehane affair? There arepeople who see you as a siPPorterof his extreme riglrt wing views ,RaeI: Ja, I know, ... you see ...look'... what happened was that wewent along to hear him and I wroteabout it. Getting to know himturned me off him. I don't agreewith what he stands for. (Arabsbeing expelled from Israel)Wits Student: RaeI,ltow do Youfeel about being identified withhim?Rael: I'mreally sad about it.isits back) You've no idea whatproblems that article caused for me... I wish I had never written it.From here things became moreserious.WitsStudent:Whatabout Zionimt?Rael.' Societies mustrecognise the right ofthe Jewish people to ahomeland in IsraelWits Student: Do you think it'spossible for students to be anti'Zionist without being anti-semitic?Rael: I can't anwer Yes or No onthat question.Wits Student: What do You thinkabout present daY Israel?RaeI.' Well, we suPPort the Statof Israel, and Praise it, but we wilcondemn it. if it does somethinbad.Wits Student: But do You evereally condemn anY of its actions?Rael's answer was unforfunaterather nebulous. He sPoke abouthe need to be "absolutelY sure othe facts before one criticiseIsrael."On this issue and on oth€political questions, Rael admittto being constrained by the Saumembership: "We areconstituency-based organisatiand our constituency is hugedivided, we can't do anYthing Ijeopardise Jewish unity."For example, we, as thcommittee, cannot condemn Israeactions. What we do is to hodiscussion forums on interestinsocial or political and religiorissues - we try to cater for aviews.

Magopa: can the goveIn February 1984, the people ofMagopa were forcibly removedfrom their land near Venters.dorp,which the_y had owned as freeholdsince 1911, by a police special taskforce.In September 1987, members ofthe communitl'faced the Ministerof Development - Dr GerritViljoen - in an unprecedentedmeeting in which the governmenlundertook to purchase the landwhere the people eventually choseto settle. preventing its incorporationinto a homeland andallowing the community freeholdrightsThe community has beentemporarily accomodated on thefarm Ondentepoort, 12 kilomenesSouth of Sun City, where thegovernment has provided tents anderecrcd com-rgated iron dwellings.Why this apparent about face onthe part of the government?The Mogopa people have beeniiving in desperate conditions forthree years in Bethanie(Bophutharswana). split up intothree groups and without runningwater, adequate grazing or arableiand. They had made it plain, theywere planning to return to theirland.Then in early Septemberaccording to Lukas Kgatitsoe, thecommunity spokesperson: "Theminister telexed our lawyer andsaid "Can we meet?" "Perhaps the story begins in 1975when the government anno'rnced itcould remove alt blackcommunities living in "biackspots"within the RSA....Communitiessuch as Mogopa..In 1981, the governmentdiscussed the intended removalwith Jacob More, the headman.Later that year he was deposed bythe people becabse of misuse oftribal funds. The governmentcontrnued to negodate with him,and it was he who agreed thar rhecommunity should move toPachsdraain Bophuthatswana.During 1983, bulldozers began todemolish the village and the busservice to the area was terminated.The people of Magopa failed to geta court interdict to prevent theMagopa people haven't had a place they can call homeoutside the frame of the house their father is erectingremovais.however, the government hadOn the l4th Februarl, 1984, in the formally expropriated Magopadarkness of pre-dawn, the village prevenring the rerurn people hadwas surrounded by army and hoped for.policemen - the area having been This year plans were being madedeclared an "operational zone''- to share with other victims ofand the removals began. Three- forced removals the farm Holgatthousand people were trucked 280 which had been purchased by akilometres to Pachsdraai.church trust. Here the soil is goodKgafitsoe remembers:and the people- whose livelihood is"We were physicallv chucked into dependent largely on pastoraltrucks. People lost livestock and acdvities - were beginning to lookthe police showed no respect for forward to a refurn to days ofpersonal property. And then we plenty enjoyed in Magopa.were driven to Pachsdraai rvhere "At Hoigat the ploS are smaller sowe were dumped"everyone was going to plough forPeople interviewed by )Virs the community" an old farmerStudent at the time said: said. Income from the farm was to"Pachsdraai has no water, no be divided equally and surplusciinics, no work. What must we products were to be saved fotdo?"fuftlre investments.They resolved to go to their Then in July, days before theoriginal tribal land ar Bethanie. transfer papers were to be signed,Life in arid Bethanie has been a Holgat was expropriated by thegrinding struggle for the government - it was needed for anpreviously seif-sufficient com- agriculturai college. The landmunity. Peopie would queue for intended for the communai farm isup to three hours to get water. not on the part of the farm whereSome women managed to earn the college is to be situated,and thesome R3 a day - by clearing stones farm had been up for sale severalfrom farmers fields.years before the governmentHopes were raised when the stepped in.Appeai Court overturned a "We decided to go it alone an

'llmentundo the damageItlVits Strtdcnt visits Ondcrstepoort,near Sun City. rrWe're not interes.ted in the people rvho go to SunCity. lVe are used lo stock farmingand plantingil, they say.Travelling towards Sun City,turning off just beyond The.Sundowner Ranch, Wits Sndettt.approached a carefully laid out, settlement glistening fiercely in rhemid-morning sun.Amongst thescnrb and thorn trees'athe foot ofa koppie was the most reOent homeof the people of Magopa - a hive ofactivity as they set about makingtheir temporary. residence horne."Here in Onderstepoort the livingis alright - but not to livepermanently. Magopa is still'home"Agnes More was the first personwe met: "This is much better thanwith only 40 head of cattle left andfour had already died."Perhaps it is the grazing, butwerre not sure becuase we havenrtexperienced this place. When youget to a new place, your cattle oftenget sick", While we were there, the ownerof the farm appeared - a Mr Vander Walt - who had come to attendto an ailing ox. Flourishing abottle of dip ("wat R45 gekos het"), he claimed to have been overevery day to assist. The Mogoparesidents refuted this. TheCbmuirity Commirtee ( elected torepresent .the community whenaeahng With lawyers, police etc.)confirmed this: "We haven't seenhim around much. Thegovernment, in any case, has saidhe is interfering. They alsohaven't. sent us the vet theysaid one old man who had neverbefore had any cordial dealingswith a representative (orbenefactor) of the system.The government has provided abus for the high school children totravel to Bethanie every day wherethey are stiil studying."School is alright, but theeducation is bad" said David - astandard eight pupil who enjoysfusion music and wants to studyengineering to become a mechanic.A bus is also provided to takepeople to Phokeng, the nearestcentre. "There is a big OK there,but we haven't got money to buyanything" an elderly lady told us.Several pensionen added that theyhad stopped receiving pension in1984 - since they were removed.The communityonce selflaststwo days, We don,t eenough". His household shares trgovenlment-erected tin huts andNonetheiess, Peter believes "This much better than Bethanie. brwe don't need this place. If tlgovernment aglees or not we'll gback because at Mogapa we caplough.""We were self sufficienl We buiour own school, clinic, church anboreholes... All you can do here isit in the shade".Until 1983, each family irMagopa had access to iand, thenwere several,hundred head of cattleand 200 rons of maize were soldeach year to the Ventersdorp Coop.The land had mineral deposis.Lukas Kgatifsoe remembers"Magopa was a peaceful communitywhich developed graduallyto a time when we could do all wewanted. The quality of life wasmuch better than in thehomelands."ld)4,-)1Uie)foaardrsllk'frfsIA woman waits as government workers erect her new house. "This is better thanBethanie, but not to live. We want to go back to l/lagopa."Bethanie. We have running warer promised to." sufficient is now reliant onhere", she told us; pointing to the remltances from men-foik atfew taps appearing at intervais For a pastoral people whose work in Johannesbfrg.along the stony "road". "In livelihood is derived from fromBethanie we had to pay money for livestock, the loss of their cattle The government is supplyrngthe water - 50 cents a day. The wiil render them absolutely people with meal soup and milk.people were also rude to us. They destitute.This is all they eat, and the servicehad no understanding of how to "He is a gentleman and wilt take is irregular. Peter, who hadlive with other people. This is our case to the government"much better than tlere, but not tolive." Looking around the drybushland, we wondered whatBethanie was iike?Agnes then introduced us to an oldwoman whose daughter's cattle haddied the day before. When thecorffnunity was moved, they wereforced to sell their cattle forcripplingly low prices. One mansold 23 head of cattie for R500."Each one of them was worth atleast that amount".They anived at OnderstepoortNevertheless, many of theresidenB we spoke to have faith inDr Viljoen: "He is a gentleman andwill take our case to parliament",arrived five days before we sPoketo trim had only received his sharetwice."There are three families in myhousehold and the mielie-meal"We won't be incorporated into ahomeland. If we stay there wewon't have any job opportunities"says Lucas Kgatisoe, "Bop is notreally independent.""Dr Viljoen said he understoodour problems" Lukas continues"He said he had two placesearmarked for us: Boshoek andSwartkops. We said "no way"because those lands are borderingon Bop and we could easily findourselves incorporated in thehomelanC one day.""We want security of tenure andwe don't want to loose SouthAfrican citizenship. Magopa isfirst on our list," he said. They arehowever, prepared to accept acompromise if the land is as goodas at Magopa-The demand of the people toreturn to Magopa is backed up bythe Appeal Court decision whichtwo years ago found thepresidential order enforcing theremoval was defective and invalidin law.These people are fierclydetermined not to Decomemarginalised as millions of ruralSouth Africans have since the 1930Land Act deprived biacks of altbut 13 per cent of the land,homelands where life isunbearableYoung Jordan Rampou has thelast word: "Hierso is bietjie mooi -baie water, en daar is houl MaarViljoen moet ons laat teruggaan, hymoet. Die mense huil virlVlagopa"

Trvo vacant positions in the Convocation division of the UniversityCouncil are being contested. Professor David Morris (a director ofseveral companies), Dr Ntatho Motlana (chairperson of the SotvetoCivic Association) and advocate Sidney Kentridge are standing for thepositions.All post-graduates who are still studying at Wits are eligible to vote,Because of the Universityrs attempts to grapple rvith its role in achanging South Africa, the election of Motlana and Kentridge rvouldbe most significant.Dr, Ntatho Motlana is a rvidely respected leader of Soweto's peopleand a consultant to the University. Sidney Kentridge is a hunran rightslarvyer o[ world renoryn and was counsel for the Biko family in theinquest after Ilikors death.ll'its Student urges post-graduates to use their votes to elect ntenrbersto the council who will, in a small way, help to encourage theUniversity to adopt a more progressive stance.ECC Wits recently held a referendum to gauge studentstopinion onthe laws regarding conscription.The ECC has been badly hit by the states of emergenc.y, and its verynanre is subversive. In the context of a de facto banning, thereferenclum which polled atmost 30fi) votes rvas a success.Next time let's double the Yes vole and force the University to take aslnnd on llre issue.Io the nebulous SMA - when are you eyer going to initiatesonrething of your orvn?First you do away with expensive, glossy publications of d, then you release posters purporting to support the ECThey didn't fool many students - maybe they drew aHow can your attempts to hang on to ECCrs coattails and aever be taken seriously when one of your publicationsSADF is a means of I'getting to know one's fettow Southyour members propose a motion noting that the damage inflictedborder raids is "minimal and ineffectual'r, believing that ilry strikes against ANC targets should be utilised to their marvenesstr ?In less than a week we will alt knorv rvhat the De Klerk trills meanf

I)lelndhisent)verseowitoby:il ?eiseveus.thedorlty:il.lonitsonu.Ooandedthertedlure.lnmichasiiveareandslyaysthelnyallturvasInnhhehetalnrdlsi-rIntl'li1ll\? lltl)Filt3 llililtiilciearing the rubbish bins _ Imtalking about that area near the holein the wall at yale Road.Ever since Rag, there have beenpiles ofcrinkle paper, variouscardboard boxes, tins and otherinrliqtinguishable bits of junk. Rainmade everytling soggy and smelly,blt no one has done anything aboutIt.I know things take time, but surelysix months is a bit much.SrsotBAIIlTowards apeoples"rhymeobvious that the ',rhyme,, is aDourgeols construction used to;ustify the oppression of thepeople. It's range of meaningsinclude, domination, aggression,exploitation, heirarchial.structures, and fear of theinpiementation of 'Justice."By.this anaiysis of a singlelnstance I hope to inspire thepeoplemathoroughandrevolutionary examination of allsuchrhymes. Only thus can youngpeople be free of the influence ofrevolurionary elemenB. Howeverthere is much work to be done.The fact fhat such an element hasincoqporafed himself into the SRCis a cause for alarm. Enemies of thepeople must be rooted out.Alutacontinw.Thank you very much.Wits libraries, forgetting that if.theywere less selfish about usiLETTEFISiheld on September 4 is not ttrereturningmateriar,a.ur,ils.H:u."r;tif#"T"?would not have to be takeras theIn replySTEP production'to Library NiqhlThis isil;; ;;;;il, if;jfiE x: :[:,ff.1,ffi'::,11gone-. -"--"""are the Qays when one could .simply stroll intoslucen$thewhooverniphr znrtcreated the conditicopy ii'e reievant.h.prr;;: b";;;;;it impossible forl_T:n T1d:thtoo are the days whenproouctrononeto proceedcoulifor moresimpty sFoll into tltea lewlibrary,mlnutes.glue abox under a hble in *t *":*treturnThese kids,arterwho5pmhadto commure:tr##lft;;;.i;, and theirownshliberal university. They were firnot provided with adequabconditions for performance andI:y::,?{ " * u n p ro sre s i v e b o kaDrrowrng;"fr..:. fi T:Ti, []ff I#o "nThis letter is a critique of a"nursery rhyme" often guoted bvan SRC member of dimiiurivesrature. Since the author of the chif ling"rhyme" is male I may occasionalyuse the false generia; those who ptot :ii::ilfiyll,:ffi'#:::"{ff, n';mtru";x?emphasise the need for non_sexismifrffil,T:,:*'l!rHi_," ilT*,iliT:t#i:twill understand that this contra _and thereLlr boughtmy y"ginCOVg|leddiction arises from the process!.u.our,; b" ;;;;;;;i.ili..***"ofmythification by whichthe au*rorintends to incorporate this ,,rhyme,, jT.yllt:: expose a plot w6i.1 1 down for a break. f looked at the Aftrer several atrempB at gethng rhinto the ideological Originatingforms ofinan{ as rthe i_?::.:]:Td.Tllti:t".d..orashed my producrion on *," grounilt*:tt:T *assuperstrucfure.Europe and sweepiig the inro a por plart,liear.etteI noriced ilJ;A;;;;;il;;;?.rest ofThe "rhyme"the world,isit isas follows:uttempting to the plants were plastic. Then I looked to the cause ;il;-Sf;;;-g.r*turn theHiry-piryentireinworldthe wallautistic. more closely ar the people. oh, my and, indeed, i"*.r0, ,i. !".r,Hitty-pitry out the wall ,-ul1-t1*: auspice of a fairly God' attaining trr. oppo.irnitl* "r tr,If you touch"High.Energy"the wall"quaITT:.::1l11e:it sincerelvYours this varsity i, tno*n'ionas nowrearedits rt^no ror.Hiry-piny uelyherd!lwiil bite you.Sl.:.: -rurrca' Ir youBy a processstep rntoof deconstructionany nightclubIV\1/ ltsThe implicationsles implicir is:or ;Ti.'i,:','-::razzle'that iyouhope towill .,fi:::ishowimmedrarery :gntciub V\/its iesthe essentialbourgeois nature of the .'rhyme".cultural ictivitier *u'.tt-rrao u, u::,"1t:-5-.Tt tlTptory gr.thop a b Ll S1gfestival inrended . p.'ta" ur.*,19...and, bysuccumbingimplication, thatto thisthebrain-opporruniryauthorfor their propagatlonchiilingisphenomenom,an enemy of true socialism.namely,S Tth:n ar.eE Pthere any aspecs within arFirstn99n.considerclothes.the very modality friehtThey can also beeducational rttu.tor.'*tJ.n tr,.r.detecEdie_..that of rhe "nursery-ihyme.',by their mannei of,speecJl St Ll d gnstudenrs wourd"Jis, tSconside,etevantlThisbut thismodalityisof wridnga iekkerjolisek-usedse?toIsommerolsgursebutthesmrrkclass originu"r;;;;;'of the_It cou.ld o" argu"a tttuffiil- HantiRoussouw'broet"BozzoliwntingSpringbyDayclaimingsuch asthattheisone BAFA lttaditional people's rhyme. Let usnow it's rea.l origins.Firstly I analyse the role ofthe"wall". Notice that the wall is to beunder Hitry-pitty's jurisdiction,If you seeand indeeda highthafenergyherecord,has the right to break ir. If youdisciplinehearpeoplehighforenergy,even touchins plug yourit.ears.There is no implication that J.MonisonHiffy-pitty has a mandate from the B.Mus.lllpeople to perform such action.Hence not only is the concept ofdemocracy undermined, but the f#ffi,"Righ,roRemahidea of private (or perhapsIBB I GHT BLUEmoredangerously corporate) property isadvanced.SIMBHNow consider the role of Hittypitty.Hitfy-pifty is theSolidarityMOHH Ientirypossessing the wall. In order'tocontinue his domination of the wallhe is prepared to use blatantaggression, and this is evenjustified by the "rhyme". Theanalogies with the present sate areobvious. Also Hiny-pitry isconsidered to be omnipresent, boliin and out of the wall, thus there isno escape from the defenders ofpri?ate"property.BrainwithlibraryI would like to express my soiidaritywith the staffin the Overnightlibrary. Students on campus takefor granted their privileged positionand the extensive resources at theirdisposal.I regularly hear studentsBNPlastic plants ffi?m:trJhi'Plastic people ;:ffi:l'',"ff:*Fr0dog 9.5\ 1)tsJ uThe

Problems, politics and pimplesNtzrde rz lfaces' XVzennD aIISo the November exams arealmost upon us and you think thatyou've got problems? You'refailing two subjects and youhaven't thought about the fourprojects due for Monday. Youhave to fast on Saturday, your carwas stolen and you think you've gotproblems.But why this sudden obsessionwith things unpleasant? Why focuson problems which have facedstudents from time immemorial?Simply because they pale intoinsignificance when comPared withthe crisis currently afflictingNurden A Scamota.Before him lay a political careerin ruins and behind him, onlymisery. All around him his peerswere cutting inroads into theirprofessions. One is a twelfth of adoctor, another is an eighth of anengineer, whilst still another, whochose the army, is not half a man.He could have been the Big Boss,the Chief Medicine Person, IlDuce of the SRC, but for a brieflocalised failure of reality in histime-space continuum.A vision of "Nurden The Great"flashed into his swampy mind and asmile oozed over his face. Hervould have ruled magnanimouslyfrom the President's throne. Thedeath sentence for parking violatorswould have been reduced tc20 years hard labour. Slap chipswould've been sent to obediencetraining and a cable car from thelibrary lawns to the Boz would'vebeen built...But alas it was not tcbe!Somehow, Nurden remainedcalm and collected, for in a verYspiritual way, he felt slightlYdifferent, it was the dawning of anew era of mediocrity, a return tosameness, the humble beginningsof an average student.Suddenly, his grasshoPPpersground to a halt, sending Nurdenface first into an Abandon MoralStandards poster, which urged allstudent-creafures to vote "Yes".Vote! Nurden's spirits dropped,r) r,I?'' tt'1'-)),-4""a? )/splat.It couldn't be the SRC or SAUJSelection again!Poor Nurden had voted twice inone week. Was the AMS brewing aheinous plot to strain stewdentsthrough too much democraty - aprocess known as Democraticburn-out? Sureiy, Democracy istoo good to bandy about soindiscriminately.But... no - the ECC were holdinga Conscription Referendum?"This is where I make my standas an apathetic student," Nurdendecided, with his heart beating alittle faster.Placing a glazed,'uncaring lookon his face, he began his "Fuck offquick as a flash" routine, butbefore he could make his getaway,he was surrounded by a crackplatoon of pimply-faced, knockkneed,rendy, callow youth - ECCshock troops."Colly Gosh," he thought as onepretty, brazen pacifist brandishedgreen superperson stickers in hisface.t\//^tlrlrL',(y s tE .!J ril vry€ithie FIHEDragging a reluctant Scamota tothe voting table is no mean feat, butmaking him vote four times is agreat tribute to the strength of aliberal, academic upbringing."At least its was MultipleChoice," commented Nurden laterto his Crandfather AmbivalenceScamota, who was staffing a.battery of red telephones connecteddirectly to the capital cities of theworld.Every hour, on the half hour, hewould emit a terse series ofclassified facts and figures. "Paris,rain, 12 degrees; London, snow,four degrees; Kabul, bombs, fairlywarm; Everton 2, Arsenal 0. ;Diddely pooh; diddely pooh."The old boy had vowed not toleave his bed until the sun shone onall of Africa, with the possibleexception of Potchefshoom.Meanwhile, back at Univenity,all four Senate House lifts werehovering close to the eleventhfloor. Settling down ol1 theLibrary Lawns , our hero caressedthe heavenlv words of AthenaEACH TABLET CONTAINS: Caffeine C/T 90mg Caffeine A/K g0mg Mag Sillcate 3mg Tartrazine trace.Ablepersyn, that were stillmeandering through his cerebralcortex.She had just addressed a"Discrimination Against WomenOn Campus" meeting andhad said ..."wot" said Nurden. as asuspiciously medicallooking creatureinterrupted his steam-train of' thought. Comrade Avid Mikidanskifluttered an SRC Survey into hislap. "We're coming down tostudents," he boomed, "We wantyour miserable ideas, NOW!"Nurden balked at the order andmeekly'sharpened his finger andfilled in the form."All these questions andanswers." Nurden muttered. Thisseemingly innocuous statement setof a spontaneous word-associationreaction which went somethinglike: question/answer - greentomatoes - Atheha's knee -textbook - CrandfatherAmbivalence - Exams - pimples -"Exams!" yetped Nurden. Thesuddenness of his outcry sent AvidMikidanski scuttling into the safetyof the Students' Union. as well ascausing ten library lawn pigeons tolose all their feathers. But Nurdenwasn't around to see this - he wassomewhere deep within theWartenweiler Library.NEXT WEEK:* What happened to the originalstoryline of this saga?* Why is the author of Nurdenallowed to walk about fteely?* Why are Security Policemen sougly?* Will Nurden incur the wrat}of Sfuff-All Botha's CensorshipBoard?* Will next week's episode be thtlast?

A mental asylum-withan entrance examBruce Saunders is the new stationmanager at Voice of Wits. He seesthe university as a mental asylumwith an entrance exam and whenhe's not in the VOW offices, canusually be found, firmly attachedto a beer bottle, at Jameson's.Wits Student interviewed himabout VOW and its role oncampus.Q: llhat are your aims as astation dit'eclor?A.' To relinquish the station as Ifound it - in a quasi stable state;any slight movement could send itcrashing into the abyss of quasichaos.Q: IYhat are your anbitions?A.' To get another room, to get alarger SRC grani (look outBerenice). Also to broadenlistenership ...Q: Are you going tb make anychanges to station policy?A.' Not enormous ones. I'd liketo create more of an awarenessamong our listeners of what kindof music is played on the stationand when. We have manyspecialist shows - from Classicalto lleavy Metal, which should beadvertised.Q: How isVOW frmded?A: VOW funds itself. It is oneof the only self-sufficient societieson campus. Money is generatedthrough advertising and concerts.Q: How does VOW spend itsntoney?Sffiproposing^^l.i:o:"a codeconduct offor all C6sro (ca_l'-1t-"iti"g wrgantsationStudenr R;J;) affiliates. wasbtockedl.j^.:dl ar the Narionaluosro Corulerenceof.,11:,.".0:conducrtne-pnnciplessupporredof ,ron_racism, non_non_mititarismiiii.:andnomoptrobism.non_A motion support_righr,of:ii-rl.all affijiares rorhese::T:principles.unarumouslywasaccepted.A.' PARTIES! Nor seriously, wespend a fortune on records. Atabout R30.00 an album. this addsup to a lot - there are about 2 500records in our collection. The restgoes on equipment which isincredibly expensive and ongeneral running costs - so we stillneed that grant!Q: What is yourrole on campus?A.' Communication, educationand entertainment. We are not acommercial station. We are aradio station in our own right,with our own style of music. Weaim at introducing students to awide range of music, includingthe very latest.VOI{ reaches more students ona daily basis than any otherexisting structure on campus.(Except the grapevine, with whichwe have strong ties!)We supply invaluable equipmentfor mass meetings and culturalevenls on campus.We have our own magazine, Voxy!91 nas a wide range of appeal.VOW has introduced a numberof new, Iive music venues, such asTop of The Town, as well asmaintaining traditional ones. Wehave hosted the campus tours ofartists such as llotline, ManpoGroove, Sipho Hotstix Mahuseand Zia, at the Flower Hali onWest Campus.In this way VOIV promoresSouth Africaa music - especiallyA rare moment. Bruce sans beer bottleup and coming talent. I_isten outfor the demo tapes we play. Lookat practically any entertainmenton campus and you'll findVOW!Q: Does VOW ain to beapolitical?,'1.. lVe are as apolitical as it ispossible to be in South Africa andas far as it does not interfere witlrour social consciences, we have tomaintain a degree of mediaorns in staiOe._Lt:rto:1, of Cosro and UCTDirecror,:j:i::ran Koenrgfesr,sard that there was u ,,rpti, trnguisricongrounds.,,Cosrohas l1:::i:1",u, from EnglishAftrl(aansunJcampuses. ,,ihecampusestiberaland lhe (Jruversitvlf/estern of rheCape are movl;]g _ The University of rhtat a Freelt-ll.i l*"thansrare,the;;lAtiikaans;";;,|o"li:harrassed, rhey a.ueged.unrversiries,prrnciple of.especiallypotch,,,non_m.ilitari.r.noenrgfest said. Cosro' trr.r. Membersrsof,thea miiitary MU delegationschoolhas onbeentheir commented campus, rnar:i!:-r-*d becausecurrendy and many theirof irsstroenmlinks withu-re fight ls to have*|fl:T more Engiishuniversiries,of a miliraryon thefl,tilLri.hecommando. radroadded,and for::l,ret:thar StetlenboschtandneldRAUa 'more .^tr_19]..raoio stario'n-Ju, ,..n ,o accessrorohaveoe poiitical.*.;[:\',fin:hprogressivethey wouldIine.,,ltunding and rheir ,,.rt 'rlTinitJs srarion has recenrty had imobjectivity. We are an ECCa ffil i ate.Q: Con you comment on thCosro "Right I'o Be HeardContpaign and u'ould you ',gpirate" if it shouldfail?A,' Mmmmm ...... We need athe support we can get for tlcampaign. lf it fails, rve will Iforced to consider othtalternatives ..., 'fl ift iff *t ilJ; Ji.l,lift ,1Tjjiiilil:.il ;i: T,:ff::ila_^radio ham complarned abourlll:r:n.yinterferences. Theroll?l.9rTobrain broadcasringnghts, is "extreme.lycumbe.some,isays Koenigl-est.,,Thtproc e dure jn tt:;.#ro,ments." ".."t,,-'i:- i -surprise move. VaarTechnikon.,::IS,"a campus wirtr:H #11'1fla radio:.sruderus oand oPeraringyer. has b,." ;;;;;;;;ilc"l1 I.,., r,?il;# :,ij:::H;Krerk:s,il:,,ilfis anord pupii.,13.1S1".t said that UCT radiorlT_b. accounrable ro rheir:-":T:.,{serves and strives ronar p;:,rosramlT_."H.rio mes, jr.,l. same conr.erence.Cosro;l::,',ru:' il

Cliekety clackelackThe Phantom'sBackGeorge Matanzima,brother of theonee infamousrender -unto -KaizerMatanzima, is nowin political exilein a Holiday Innin Port Elizabeth.The Phantom was(none too reliably)informed bythe TranskeiDefence ForceChief, Majorllo].omisa, that ex-Prime MinisterMatanzima wassick leave. ""onAlthough peeka-Bootha,our veryown Minister ofForeign Affairs(Lady Di and herChauffeur, RonaldRay-gun, and hishorse ete., ) didnote with a touchof worry in hisvoice that "As faras the South Africangovernment iseoncerned, nobhinghas happened toaffect our bilateralrelations. "Phantom believesthis must be takenwith a truckloadof salt. As faras the SouthAfrican governmentis concerned,nothing has happenedsince .7anVan Riebeek set uphis vegetablestore in t652.The Five FreedomsForum recentlyheld a conferenceon "Whites in aChanging SouthAt the premiere of Ludwig von Beethoven's fifth symp.hony'ever,-crne knew he iad a smash hit. What no one realisedhoviever, was that dear old Ludi was a terrible organiser and allhis previous symphonies, in his frenetic. excitement had become adisbrderty miss.'(Jntil one daSi7, took "note" of some "sound"advice aitl decided to haye hii fifth svmphonv b6und at the localbookstore. The rest is historv." A "ciassic" example of why youshould use Bind-lt.Bind-lt has perfected the art of covering, prov'iding.theproJbssional 'stories, finish iltat's sure to impress. From symphonies tocorrespondence to quotations, presenulions toproposals. Bihd-lt holds from 3 to 250 pages. takes less than one'miiuteand cost.s u, 1i111s qs ft.|.00.You can win two overseas airtickets from S.A. Student TravelServices, R500,00 spending money from Bind-lt. delicious mealsfrom Pizzalan'd. Go tc.t vo"ur neaiest Bind-lt stockist+ for denils.----CqryReferendum on theright to questionthe laws regardingconscription. Thebig*noise-boy,Philth Pow-all,firmly believesthat the lawsshould be changedso that all- thosewtro don't want togo into the armyshould be lockedaway for good.After al.l, theydo be].ieve "ttrereare certain institutionswhich arepart of the infrastructureof thecountry(which) are reallyfor the benefit ofall. " With fraudsJ-ike these, wtroneeds enemies?The same SMA helda meeting J-astterm inwitingt'Youngr Conserwatiwe"afromBritain, wtrom evenMaggie Ttratcherean't stomach-The meeting waswe].l attendedSAU,JS and BSSbringing at least100 people withthem. Pity thatnobdoy was inside.Waitaminute-aNewsf l-ash - trasjust come inapparently thePhantom ismistaken. Therewere at least twoor three peopJ.einside the venue.They were heardto mutter, " TtroseSAU.IS guys areeven bigger thanthe Sansco Hugo."Finally, the SRCPresident is noJ.onger a strortman, she is now atall woman.Phantom asked RoseHunter the thornyquestion: Is thiswhat feminism isabout? She didn'tcomment, sayingonly that strewould go a longway for students.Hope this isn'tanother ta].lstory.rtwifr)CoJtfidengg-'stockists:West Campus Bookshop, University of the WltwalersrandCampus Bookshop, Braarnlontein Medrcas Book Supplres BraamtonternAfrica". phantomnotes with joy howmuctr things hawechanged.A while back theblack maidstending the Crecheat Wits during theconferenee, wouJ-dhave been tendingra creche inHoughton whiletheir employersdiscussed therelatiwe merits ofPerth, Toronto orTeI-Awiv. Somewhites sure aremowing.The media restrictionsareclosing in on thePhantom. TheDepartment ofRather St.ay At,Home Affairsphoned recentlyand asked whycopies of thisvery paper hadnot been sent.The Phantom wasloathe to pointout that publicationsean only besent once they'weactual-J.y beenwritten, for fearof embarrassingthe voice on theother endphone.of theThe Phantom saidthat everythingwould be done asIegaJ-Iy required.?he disembodiedwoice (the ptrantomis trying not toeven imag,ine abody eorrespondingto that voice!)said in its silky,fascist-in-ave]-vet- faee*clothtone:"I hope youdo, I reallywouldn't want tobother you agtain. "The Phantom hasreliably learntthat the SMAsupports the ECCWs,,far Soctat'Jc.tsticea:,::::::::::, : :::::erre moiltirzgt a,:,,,no--tirtg,l'.. ',,:r.r/iXr, ElEyters,||.\laeld6rr,,,';tlabbr'::::;::::r:;:t:::::;:::::r,::::::Fry_,q-tlcfirz,(,QT),,,'and|,fVr:ltllir-zk,:,,:,::,,,:::t::t:::::::,:::,::,t,,::(,hisxo_ii.ai2"';1:,Oe,'::"'TelraCe;,-,,,:i..ll..:.:fi .,,,,.:..Oicrzb,idS,,," OtZ,;,: t1e,,,, 6,,, OeX;::,,.,,,),,: lr,a,:),,,:,toloics E re A12f1---e l-z't-tisrt'ttzd Jewvs- rola itz, SA,-

-ort the-truths;implysai d) nonanscoof therte forlludedytoa)ntentrerg tobeingThe second phase of the Radio 5 /Standard Bank Radio show, inconjunction rvith Voice of Wits, gotunderway'at the Flower Hall onSaturday 26 September.Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuzo and Ziaplayed to about 150 people - theturnout being as dismal as thefrom the dead to overwhelmhim: A graphic portrayalof hoops in the township.Next up was Sipho "Hotstix"Mabuzo. A very slick act indeed. Itplayingbrillianrly. Sipho's voicecame through surprisinglystrongly for a live concert.While Sipho could certainly./iyeSoweto, he certainly won't ',jivestarted off a little slowly - with a Wits" at R8 a head - this tyoe ofband of dedicated followers calling exhorbitant pricing is defeating theweather. However,continuously for Burnout. Itthe low furnoutvery object oilhe t

....724'4915-trlFt iEComposers0ncampusWits Music SocietY (Musoc) helda 'Contposers on CamPus' seriesrecently. Any Musoc membermay present his or hercompositions. The first concertwas held on 28 August'Robert Evans (B.Mus. 3) entitledhis two 'songs' "Blossoms Bloonrin Belly-buttons" and "The Plea"'The two works were original inconception and colourful ininstrumentation. The blend ofdiverse elements came across quitewell, despite the words beingobscured PartiallY bY theiustrumentalists.Tamra Wilson (B.Mus'4)captured the essence of dialectic inher "Conflict and Negotiation", adialogue between clarinet andsaxophone.Martin Scherzinger's (8. Mus.l)offering, "No-one Receiving" wasintriguing in its utilisation of theharmonic and technical resourcesof six pianists with the addeddimensions of two vocalists.Hendrik van Blerk (8. Mus.l)provided us with an interestingwork entitled, "Decomposition"' acontrapuntal discussion betweentwo flutes and piano.Waldo IVIalan (M.Mus.) showedhis experience in a miniature songcycleol nine brief, Yet lYricalsettings of Afrikaans love poems.The second concert followed on 4Septenber.The programme began with aninteresting poem setting LivioVentura (M.Mus'). The work'entitled, "Behind the Passage",made innovative use of lighting andecho effects. It was scored fornanator, voice and Percussion'In his three "Jazz Songs", DavidHonigsberg, (8. Mus.4) exPloitedthe rich, halmonic and melodicresources of jazz, as he dealt withthe three stages of a lelationsltipdoomed to eventual failure'Colin KroPman's (8. NIus.4) four"Miniatures" tbr horn and PtanoArt goes WestThe recent "censoring" of thetunnel leading to West CamPus hasleft many students feeling deprivedof cultural stimulation. The humdrumof West CamPus can be quiteoverbearing, and students oftenfeel the need to escaPe into morerelaxing environments.However, hope is at hand: ltturns out that the igloo between theLaw Library and CommerceBuilding is not an igloo after all.It is in fact the Rembrant ArtGallery and from October 7thstudents will be able to see anwere dlscurslve ln nature; tllerewas more contradictory dialoguethan blend.Helen Ringrvood (B.Mus. 3),alternated speed and rhythm in her"Sonatina" for cello andsaxophone, and the mood changedfrom pensive to livelY'correspondinglY.Finally, Margelis Hamman (8.Mus. l), provided a short work for'piano duet, in which she caPturedexhibition of prints bY BeverleYMarks-Paton submitted towardsher Masters Degree in Fine Arts.The prints are a result ofBeverley's developing interest inmythological themes, particularlythose dealing with the role of thefeminine in mYthological narratives.Her topic includes mythologicalimages in contemPorarYSouth Africa.She has used a wide range otsources, including mediaeval tapestry,classical mYths of Ovid, San(Bushman) mYthologY and eventhe sounds and rhYthms of SPainwith a vivacious charm.Musoc will be holding its finalconcert this year in early C)ctober'Adrnission is bY donation'On ThursdaY, I October, theVoice of lVirs and Musoc will bepr"r"nting another concert at theirne*, on-ca*Pus venue fqr livenrusic, "Tfte ToP of theTowtr" ' Ifyou don't know where that is' it'sihe round restaurant on toP of thecontemporary fashion.'l'wo -primary mythical charactersare depicted: the classicalLamia - a representation of theterrible mother as a fisherwomanor serpentwoman; and l)aPhnewho was transformed into a laureltree to save her from the PursuingApollo.The artist has explored the use ofcolour in her Prints - Producing amost exciting effect. Her application of hand coloured areas are iparticular examPle of this.The works will be on disPlabetween 7 and2O October'UniversitY Corner Buildingcorner Jorissen and Bertha Streets,The door oPens at 8 P'm' anSimba Morri will be PlaYing thfirst set. Folk protest guitarist StaJumes wlll Provide entertainmein the second half of tlprogramme.Refreshments will be sde and tentrance fee is R2,00. MembersVOW and Musocfree.are admitlCHELS EA. UND€]3G ROGTflD.IOPN

AFI-|-E|-e,lYrtd;Itsbrrthialb'sIherhlne-50inhendFrederico A.Freschi,celebrating themyth of themale nude.Prejudiceatthe MarketNewspapers and magazines have beenflooded with reviews and articles about JanetSrrznran's production of Otltello, currentlyshowing ryith ntassive success at the MarketTheatre.It is a play which explores the power oflanguage in deterrnining authority, plejudice,the strength of evil and the passion of love.Othello (John'Kani), a black N,Toorish soldiermarries the beautiful Desdemona (JoannaWeinberg). Most prejudice against Othello isoverlooked,for thg*fake' of his militaryprowess.Iago (Richard Flaines) who regresses toepitomize evil', and is fuelled by prejudice andjealousy, systernatically plots to destroy Othellothlough turning Otlrello's passion and care forDesdemona into vicious.jealousy.One cannbt see the play without beingimpressed by the excellence of lago (RichardIlaines). IIe not only entertains the audiencervith his additions of hunrour into the play, buthe also shocks thern into an awareness that theyare en.joying evil.FIe carries out conrpletely the more difficulttherne of fiction and storytelling, like anralicious,author. Iago organises the charactersin the play to fit his own plot, graduallyreducing theii authority over themselves.John Kani perhaps does not meet the needs ofa .militaristic and domirrating character asOthello denrands in the first hilf of the play.Yet his ability to shorv confusion, fear andhealtbreak cannot be dispLrted.'I'o South Africans, he is well known for hiswork in protest theatre. When asked if he feltdoing Shakespeare was a departure fl-om that,'jlthe ansrvered, is a neccessity for an actor ofany.repute fcj do as many diverse pieces ofdranra as possible." (Stor Weekend 1218187)Joanna Weinberg offers a strong, fragile and.virtuous Desdemona, and portrays the rvomanwho is continuallv victimized bv the demandsrrrd plotting of the rrten. FIer love for Othelloslauds or.lt as his for her.'l'he preiudice against Othello's blacknessdocs not seem tltat strongly portraved in theploduction; yet it is maybe experienced bysorne of the audience, who, for perhaps tlte firstlirne; gets a glinrpse of physical and emotionalal'l'ec.tion betrveert black and white.'l he ovelall inrpression of the play is lltat itgave a tladitional and classibal interpretion. Itis a charrge fronr what is expected in a thcatricalclirnate of politically provocative andexperinrental plays. Yet the dynamics ofplodLrcing it are made obvious by Kani in anintcrvierv (Star Weekend 1218187).lle explains how he caped with the role:"Rantu Education does not go deep intoShakespeare. It only touches tlre sur[ace of it....Othello is a black man. Shakespeare hirnselfsrid this. 'l he black man is always tlrrown in atthe deep end, either to drown or to learn veryquickly how to swim."I(ani conrments on workirrg with JanetSuzrnau: "She's an outstancling actress, and as adirector uudelstands exactly what you, as anactor, are going through when she givesdilection." Yet there is another dimension.u,hich pelhaps explains the strength of rvomenin the play: "The only difficulty I have with heris that I arn an Afl.ican man, and as such I find ithald to take orders from a white wonran."'l'he question of Suzman breaking lhe culturalboycott has been raised. Kani was asked how hefelt about helping her breaking it: "AlthoughJanet lives in London she is a South African. Ianl in lotal support of the cultural boycoltagainsthis country. I see it as being part olthemainstream of the liberation of this country."I rvrs sad rvhen llquity liftcd the cultural bauagainst this cotrntry because things haven'tclralged. Why they lifted the ban is surplising.So I was very happy rvhen the decision wasre vclscd. "'On the one hand, my painting is rn ironicinvestignlion of the 'rvcll hung super-hunk" asthe archelype of honrosexual inragination. Onthe olher ltnnrl, it is a celebration of the myth ofthe male nurle.'So says Frederico A. Freschi, one of thetlrree winners of the Martiursse n Prize StudentExhibition. IIis rvinning triptych displays thestrongly-defined male nude, "a dialecticbetween extreme irony and celebration...aexpression of high camp.""l am very reticent to talk about the awardand my painting. I'm not sure myself aboutwhat the thing means." comments Anja"vholeFritchen, also a winner with her painting whichshe describes as "open-ended". Edoard.Overbeek, thc third winner, describes hispaintings as a display of his concern for socialinjustice and the mechanisation of society.'fhe ll4artienssen Priza is the only awardnrade to Fine Alts Students drrring the year andstalted as a tribute to Ileather Martienssen. Theprize consists of money donated by variouscompanies.Some controversy surrounds the exhibition.It is compulsory lor third and fourth year\ine Arts stpdents to enteq and submission of awbrk counti as a DP requirement. Other FineArts students can choose to entcr.1'he purposeof the competition is for the students to produceone independent work.Students obiect to the fact that they are forcedto publicly exhibit their work. The Fine ArtsDepartment introduped the exhibition toreplace tlte end of yeaiBxam in which a privatework must be done under exan conditions.Students are given technical but not aestheticassistance from the Fine Ars Department.Professor Crump, LIead of the Department,cornmenls that lhe exhibition, for whichstudents have more time and flexibility, is farbetter than the system of exants.When asked about the fact that students objectto displaying their work, he said: "'I'hey can'thave their cake and eat it. ln any case, I am veryhappy with the standard of work, and thercsponsc flom professional artists."Some students take the exhibition veryseriously and get quite caught up in itscornpetitive nature. "lt's a good thing," said astudellt. "After all, conrpetition is essential;we're going to have to face it in any field afterwe leave university."Other students, horvever, resent the conceptof awards.'Iwo such students swapped theirrvork in the display, anotlter framed a jigsawpvzz,le and, in a comment about theconrpetition, plastered a big, red rosetteclaiming First Prize on it.The exhibition is displayed in the GertrudePosel Gallery in Senate Flouse, and is open untilWednesday 7 October.

Wits soccerrules the roostWe did it! Witsies finally put oneover the forces which- defend.After being knocked out ofJorissen street, getting thrashed onthe library lawns and beingdumped by Police on the rugbyfield, Wits first-team soccerplayers overcame Defence.The hard fought i - 0 victory overDefence in the Transvaal FootballLeague First Division match iastTuesdy night wrapped up a fineseason for Wits. They now stand agodd chance of taking the leaguetifle as second placed Jeppe have towin both their remaining fixturesto overtake them.The first of these games is,ironically, against Defence. At thetime of going to print the resultwas unknown but Defence left it inno doubt which way they thoughtthe match with Jeppe would go.Disgruntled after iosing to Wits,they said they wouid simply "iiedown against Jeppe" according toWits manager Jimmy Bakos. Therealways seems to be some animosityin games between Wits andDefence because of the way bothsides see the other.Bakos says: "This sort of thing isnot new." In the Currie Cup,Defence had to beat NorthernTransvaal by a massive 7 - 0 to pipSouthern Transvaal and withrumours and accusationsabounding they managed to do justthat!Defence are lying in mid-tablebut, says Bakos "they're a fair side,they won't get stuck 7 or 8 - 0. Ifthey put up a fight, Jeppe won'thave it easy." Even if Defence doget "stuck" Wits could still take thetitle, because Jeppe's final game isaway to on-song Zoo Lake,Gefring pissed vlith stlrleA funny thing happened to NigelRedman at the Tassenberg NationalWinetasting Intervarsity - he won!The reason why it is funny, isthat the win was totally unexpected.According to Jocelyn Cairns, theSRC Administrator, "Because CapeTown is so far away and because itcosts so much to get there, Nigelwas not even sure they should go.Ile said they didn't have a hope ofwinning. I had to encourage themto gol"Redman was competing on behalfof the !/us Winctasting Society andwas one of two winners in the "BestIndividual Taster" category.Two members from eachWinetasting Society on elevencampuses took part. Thecompetition was divided into twosections:undefeated in their last fourteenmatches."After losing our first match toBrothers, last years champs, wegot things going, and have had areally good season," says Bakos,"If we hadn't thrown silly pointsaway to weaker sides, thechampionship would be wrappedup by now. Also we've hadtenible injury problems, seven oreight players being unavailableeach week."Bakos is full of praise for thestudents who have come up fromthe Reserves and Colts sides anddone well in the First Divisionwhen called upon.When thinking back over thesuccesfull season Bakos is loath tosingle out individuals, praisinginstead the "great teamwork " and"commitment" of the players."Seven or eight members of thefirst team are usually students," hesays. "Being students, they arecommited to Wits,"The teams success can be outdown to a number of otherinfluences as well: coach MikeKenning, who once played in theEnglish first division; students suchas Gianfranco Monzeglia (playerof the year) and Bruce Boake(runner up), both of whomrepresented South AfricanUniversities, along with RobbieKosseff, Danny Dada and MarkVan Rensburg; and the importantinfluence of ex Wits professionalside players like Bryan Pomroyand Martin Glouber.Perhaps the biggest pat on theback should go to Jimmy Bakoshimself. He joined Wits in l98l totrain the intervarsity side. Thatside won the intervarsity, beginingNigel Redmanindividual tastersl. Award for the besttasting team.2. Award for the beststudent taster.and lVhry-Ann KernpuniversityindividualWits allconquering TFL First Division sidea run of six intervasity titles in the Reserves took part in their cuplast seven years. Bakos took that final having already taken thi!ls_t tde to greater things -in_the Reserve lealue dtle for the thirdTFL Secogd Division which they year runnins]won in 1983. Since then they havebeen gracing the First.. Ray The Colts won their league forBatchelortheof Sports Admin says ,".ona .uaa"ssive year by two"I've always looked on Jimmy Points from Jeppe Higirlands with aBakos as a man who'll do anything side made up of students andfor Wits Soccer. He was never a scholars.Witsie, but is very dedicated to "It was one of those leagues whereWits."the top teams dominate so muchrhe success orwits First ream is [?h:i*$:tTiyJ$Jfi;1?,:rooted in their youth policy..They once, to Jeppe Highlands.,,have succesful teams begining at The'Coltsijckedofftheseasonbyunder-5_level, progressing through winning ttre _-,,top Eight,, into the Colts and Reserves. (This-O;-i"';.y ifi;incidently, when added ro.rhethey went for thenumerous faculty and society trebie takin; on arch rivals Jeppeteams, makes Wits the. biggest in what *u.-fo, many a second iupfootball club in the world.)final in 24 hours.Derek Blankensee, who coachesthe Colts, sees this policy as themain reason -along with "goodfacilities" and "good people" - forthe continued success of Witssoccer. The success of his Colts hasmeant the promotion of most ofthem to the Reserve side. "Manypiayers play two games a weekendbecause of this" he says.A tibute to these players is theirinvolvement in two cup finals overthe weekend. On Saturdav the1. Al! teams, i.e. two reps fromeach club, took part in a blindtasting of eight wines: four whiteand four reds.Participartts were asked toindentify the cultivars, and in theUnfortunately the football Clubwas unable to make the cup finalresults available at the time ofgoing to print.Another succesful season isdrawing to a close for the soccerclub which has produced anAustralian international(Miranda), an Englishinternational (Gary Bailey), and aScottish international (RichardGough).case of the reds, vintages as well.The team with the highest scorewon.2. Judging by the individualscores in the first section, the besttaster in each team qualified to takepart in round two, which was afurther blind tasting of four whitesand two reds. The winner was thebest individual taster.According to the organisers, thisintervarsity: "is no haphazardstudent binge, but part of a'longstanding involvement betweenproducer and consumer."They say that the aim of theintervarsity is: "Not to producestudent inebriation, but ratherappreciation and awareness of v*rin its socio-cultural context."

IEFUFIIr;more,t50,00tion ofing thei greatls who)n" heiod ofrl withesinang the:ket inpaign.rmies,lected., Sallylargesrs line'edkaansspaper,"givenre SRC,Herautrility ofLvolvingI haveA with:featedeven ifagain",hat the'beene beingthere isand no/ ophonart an:ditor ofSteyn,rg any)80, then. The,itical.Chantal Clifton-Parks,Sportswoman of the YearSportsawardsAt a dinner held at the SandtonHoliday Inn on September 11, Witsannual sports awards werepresented. Gary Bailey, WitsSportsman of the Year, 1977, wasthe guest speaker. He kept peopleentertained with anecdotes andquips gleaned from ten yearsprofessional football withManchester United and England.Star athlete Victor Radebe isSportsman of the Year. During1987 he won two gold medals inthe South African UniversitiesDalrymple Cup, finishing first inboth the 800m and the 1500m.At the Open Street Mile in PortElibabeth he ran the second fasteststreet mile in South Africanathletics histroy with a time of3:47.5 min. Radebe is the firstWitsie to break the four minutemile barrier.Chantal Clifton-Parks won thesportswoman of the year award.She is a rising star on the SouthAfrican squash scene. She is ratedno 5 in South African women'ssquash and 64th in the worldrankings.winner of the sAU individual titleand the Transvaal Under-TwentyTournament, Clifton-Parksfinished third in the South Africanclosed tournament on the weekendof the awards.The Ciub of the Year award wentot the Canoe Club, winner of threesuccessive SAU championshipsbetween 1984-86. The team hasachieved Top Ten ranking in everyrace entered in the past year. ThreeSpringbok, Neels Verkerk, NicoViljoen and Mark Perrow aremembers of the team.Two weekends back Verkerk, along-serving member of the ciub,finished first in the Fish RiverMarathon, a race he actually won afew years back. In sixth piace wasNeil Evans who won theSportsmanship Cup at the SportsAwards.The ciub was only established in1979 but is emerging as one of thetop clubs in the country since theinflux of young canoeists in thepast few yean. This year has been agreat social year as well for thecanoeists, who managed to includea tour of the Zarnbea.60 revolutions a minutcCycling is a great way to relax. Itis also a fun way to exercise yourcardio-vascular system - one of thebasic requirements of fitness.This is what every member of theWits cycling club will tell you. Thefledgling ciub (it began this year,recruiting 90 members inOrientation Week) has a nucleus ofabout ten serious riders who entercompetetive events. It also atftactsriders who participate only inSunday morning fun rides or clubrides.This Sunday, however, the elubtook part in much more than apieasanr, heaithy Sunday morningjaunt into the countryside.The Star Hundred KilometerMarathon is being seen as a rival tothe Cape Argus Tour. One hundredkiiometers around the outskirts ofJohannesburg and Sandton isgruelling stuffThe race was marred by very badweather. According to club.member Gerry Comninos therewere about 5000 ennants but thereonly seemed to be about 500competitors. Ten Witsies entered.Only five finished, the others beinsforced out by hail and punctures.Club members say anyone iswelcome tp join the club. ClubRides happen on tJre Sundays whenthere are no organised events andare open to all. "No-one whoparticipates feels intimidated," saysGerry Comninos "one of thereguiars always sticks with theslower riders."Club treasurer Glen Lazarus saysthere are categories for speed anddistance riders and for slowerriders. "Some women joined in rheother day as we were riding along.We have a small women's membershipand we want it to grow nextyear," he says."After rides we aiways gettogether for a beer and maybe abraai" says Gary who is at pains rostress the social side of the club.Recreational cycling is very newbut members of rhe club ciaim ir isthe fastest growing sport in SouthAfrica. "It wili soon overtakeof the cycling club 'on a tour of campusrunning", says Glen. ,'Cyclindynamic flowing exercise, ir ihard on the joints like runninSays club president Farrell Hemedicai student. "Many cyclisruilrers who converted for mereasons."But what about the cost? A cbike costs as much as aexpensive pair of running shoeone can afford the initial outldoes seem a more worthwhileto exercise! "You can alupgrade your bike over time"Glen. Mosr serious riders irclub have expensive ultralworti about R3000 but Gary ilthat " a lor of it is in rhe legs. Ion a heavy R200 bike can upast you if he is fit enoughcourse ifhe had a R5000 ultrayou wouldn't see him!"The point is, people with cadequate racing bikes canticipate in many of the acrivirthe cycling club. Besides the sside of things, benefits incfacilities for parking ones bikcampus and space for equipmttre Boz-showers too. Experieclub members are always willi:help with technicai advice as wThe club hopes to eipandyear. The plans include a (Town to Jo'burg ride for chduring the first term. "Atweive riders will take part irrelay and trials will take pbefore the event" says Glen. "lrmportantly the riders wiil neback-up group of about 40; totrme,act as pacers, drive carsso on."The charity is as yet undebut the aim of the ride wiil tpromote an awareness of cycamongst motorists.People interested in being pathe promising Wits Cycling Ceither as serious competcyclists or as social ridersthose who simpiy want to comthe occasional ride should conFarrell Helig 440-5687 G(co-ordinator) 782-1672. AnM2-9164Diners Club sponsors yachtThe Wits Yacht Ciub, sponsored campaign itr infroduce tle Lipton recovered again, taking advarby Diners Ciub International, Challenge to the press. The club of the iessening wind, and finifinished ninth in South Africa's then competed in the SA Nationals fourth, 30 seconds behindmost prestigious yachting regatta, and Crystic Week, held at Durban, second-placed yacht.the Lipton Challenge. The Yacht finishing eighth overall. On the second day, WitsCIub has competed for the last two They piaced seventh and sixth in recalled after jumping the gunyears for the trophy, which is the first two races but were forced restarted tryo. qn-d, a.half rnirinsured for R250 000. to retire in the third, after their late. They finished ninth. AfteThe team consisted of patrick mainsail tore in a 30-knot wind. In two races, Wits was iying f

i,:iIiiii':l;. Iiit!:ii::::i::li.::Five of the six sRC Exec members: Erica Elk, claire Joyce, Rose Hunter, omSteve Silver is missing.This year's SRC was elected by The 1987/88 SRC has committed itself toFrovingTaiiess than lOVo of students on student government can work. Early next year they wil{ becampus, and, as the SRC admits: put to the test in a referendum. The Exec spoke to llfiE"This is not a satisfactory mandate".ing year ahead.Student about the disappointing low poll and theThere are six SRC members onthe Exec: Rose Hunter (President),Erica Elk (Vice-President), SteveSilver (Deputy Vice-President andAcademic Freedom), Claire Joyce(Further Deputy Vice-President),Bernice Garb (Secretary, FreePeopie's and Culture Comm),Tom Plewman (Law Rep, Treasurerand Consitutions).Wits Student went down to theSRC offices and spoke to the Execabout the problems facing the SRCand what they intend doing aboutthese.WS: How do youfeel aboatheterribly low poll?Exec: Obvrously we are verydisappointed but it is a challenge.It is up to us to build studentrepresentation on campus. Wecan't expect people just to vote.There has been a very badbreakdown in communication. Notonly have we been out of touchwith students, but students infrequentlyrealise how much weactually do.Often we only make the papersbecause of political happenings oncampus. We know that there rnustbe a balance between politics andstudent representation.'WS: In ow spot suntey wefound that most students complainedabout the invisibiliE of theSRC. Whd do you plnn to do abodfltis?Exec: We have come up with anumber of short term proposais:We've just been given one of thegiass-fronted offices on the groundfloor of the DJ du Piessis buiiding.This will be staffed, and openeveryday.On East Campus the office isalways open but we are going tostaff tables around campus oncertain days. When importantevents are happening we will gofrom class to class making announcementsand initiatingdiscussion. We feel that it is timethat SRC members becomerecognizable and approachable.'l4S: Does thc low pollrneanifstime the SRC stopped its politicalinvolvemcnt?Erec.'(Rose) The survey showsthat sfudents do not want us to stopbeing political. What ttrey want is abetter balance of student affairsand politics.(Erica) Politics is a given inSouth Africa. You can't escape it.We must come to terms with ourenviropment and must try forsolutioni to the problems we face.Because of tie De Kierk Bills,the universities are facing thebiggest threat ever. They willresult in a completely differentuniversity. It would be irresponsibleto ignore them and we mustbe prepared to resPond to themwhen they are announced on 6October.(Rose) As future leaders in SouthAfrica we have a social responsibiltyto question the present situation.IVS: WIn is ttu relotionshiPbeweentlu SRC utdtlre 4SS?Erec.'The actions of all clubs andsocieties are under the jurisdictionof the SRC, but they are not theSRC. The BSS has specifically saidthat it wants to speak for itself onthe actions of its members.If any peopie want to discuss anyissue such as policy on reses, sport,elections etc..., then the SRC wouldfacilitate these discussions.WS.'A number of pamphletssmeafing the SRC and ix mcmberswere issued by a group calledSHAT. Whd do you think oftwt?Etec.' (Rose) If they had the gutsto say who they are publicly they'dbe worth responding to. We thinkmost students were disgusted by thestickers. If SHAT had propersupport they would not resort toobscene hlth.(Berenice) We are open toconstructive criticism not this.WS: How will you deal deol withpossible criticipm levelled againstthe SRC abutthe low pA?and Berenice Garb.Exec: (Berenice) To resigwould give us individual credbility but it would nor give studegovernment credibility. We ancommifed to student government.(Erica) Election promises musbe fulfilled. In order to win nexyear's referendum we have tcprove that student government isnecessary and can work.This will train SRC members notjust for the referendum but fo:ever. Relationships which must brmade with campus organisationare long term. We are hoping trbuild up interest and momentunand encourage many more studentto stand in SRC elections.(Berenice) We are informallrestructuring the SRC intonumber of collectives so tharesponsibility for vital SR(services does not rest on onperson. These collectives arculture, education, student semceand media.WS : And what about the jorl?Exec: (Berenice) At the momerwe are organising a "design-zWits-T-shirt" competition another vibey things are in thpipeline. There are rumours ofdance marathon...(Eica)We haven't had any funyet!(Rose) Speak for yourself! I weto the Engineers bail and it wireaily amazing. We wish clubs arsocieties would invite us to more (their jorls.