Volume 38 Number 08

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ffiiffiNEWSffiExams: Applausefor administrationThe university's decision to re -schedul exams was necessarv sothat exams could be written undernormal conditions.According to Ian Burns of theExams Office, the unjversiryanticipates a large scale stayawaiby biack staff in response to theNational Education CrisisCommittee (NECC) call for anational stayaway by 'all sectionsof our peopie on June 16, 17 and18"The stayaway has been called incommemoration of the l0thanniversary of the June l9j6student uprising.Black university workers arerespon_sible for preparing examhalls, fixing lighting-and ileaningup litter.'I don't know if students areaware of this, but if you've everseen one of the exam halls after anexam, they're in absolute chaos,"Mr Burns said.'The rescheduling of examsbasically means that the taditionalone week 'swot leave' will be solitin two, the second half beingcompleted betweenJune 14 and 18.Other English speaking univers -ities will also not be writing examsduring the June'1 6 to I 8 period.In a statement released o ncampus, the'Student ModerateDemocracyand youIn another of its meetings, theUDF Call to Whites Campaignaddressed "You, the UDF and theFuture". The meeting was held atthe Cenhal Methodist Church.Next, Raymond Suttner, a seniorWits law lecturer, spoke about thedemoralisation of the white popu -lation. He attributed it to a feeiineof despair aggravated by apparent Ily senseless "black-on-black" violencein the townships as well asviolence on the right. He stressedthat negotiation in South Africawas of a very limited nature, sinceAlliance (SMA) accused theuniversity administration oftrading off 'genuine studentinterests and demands againstpolitical considerations', of'ignoring the genuine demands ofthousands of students' and of'capitulatingto the demands of theNECC', an organisation which,the statement said, "has nothingwhatsoever to do with thisuniversity""The students of this universityare demanding the return to theoriginal exam schedule and theyexpect the SRC to put politicalinterests aside and to stand uDfirmly in support of genuin'estudent demands," the SMA said.Replying to the SMA statement,Deputy Vice-Chacellor hof Shearsaid, "We have not ignored thedemands of thousands of studentssimply because we were notpresented with any."the townships would have inwriting exams. After careful"It wasn't a case of capituiating consideration of the problems weto any demands but of responding came to the conclusion that itsympathetically to a request from would be possible to rescheduiethe SRC and the Black Students' with minimum disruption."Society, one of the societies oncampus which has a very"InIarge any case for a number ofmembership."years we have not had exams onJune 16. We understand what is"We were approached by the going on in the country and aboutSRC and BSS, who pointed out the the crisis in education," Prof Sheargreat difficulties that students in said.fi:il,:i,'fi'#!: :il'rY:.1',:l';' R a g f i O tS"the immediate transformthe South African apartheid stateinto a democratic South Africa.". _fi1allf , a JODAC, speaker gave abrief history of JODAC, urgingwhites to join them and build afuture South Africa.The meeting was very well atten -ded - also by a large number of riotpolice who remained ouLside.tudentSdresStudents at the Lennox SebeCollege of Education in Ciskei protestedlast week against a proposedconcert by a Welsh male voicechoir at their campus.They said in an open letter to thechoir, "We as the students of thiscollege wish to express ouropposi -tron to your presence on ourcampus...as South Africa is internationallyisolated as far assporting and cultural activities areconcerned we expect every pro -gressive country to take part in thisisolation." A second year student,Nokuzola Nduna, died when policeinvaded the campus allegedlyassaulting students. She jumpedthrough a window in her thirdfloor residence while running awayOn Saturday 24May, Rag held aparty on the first floor-of thi Stud _enrs' Union building. According toposters put up by Rag, entra"ncewas free and-drinks ivailable atR1.00 each.On Sunday morning, studentswlro wenr rnro the Sfudents' Unionreport that tl.re first floor was litteredwith numerous cans, cigarettesand other Iitter. It would appearthat partiers went up to the secondfloor and sprayed fire extinguishersover the the corridors andstairs. They also allegedly damagedsome expensive equipment there aswell as causing considerabledamage in the men's toilets.The Rag Exec, who cleaned up,are investigating ways ofprevent -ing these sorts of activitieshappening in the future.MorepolicePolice and army units invadedWits campus for the third day in arow on Saturday 31 May. This timethey had came to ban an EducationCharter rally which was been heldin the flower hall on West campus.And they came in force--about 3@heaviy armed men, a large numberof casspirs, a mobile water cannonCommenting, SRC presidentClaire Wright said that the SRChad negotiated with admin as to thEbest strategy which would avoidpenaiising students."lt would be extremelyinsensitive to black students and fothe majority of South Africans toignore the stayaway call. No one inthis country should allow theperiod ofJune 16 to ge unnoticed,',sne salo.crammed into the parking lot infront of the flower hall.Police allowed the meetine todisperse withorrt violence--but 6n1yafter lengthy negotiations withsenior police officersAt an impromtu press c€dhd,the organisers of the rally condemnedthe Police action. An org -aniser said that the meetins had originallybeen scheduled fir Jabulaniin Soweto, but magisterial permissionhad been denied."We thus decied to hold anindoor meeting at Wits -- but stillthe police insisted that it wasbanned", the Southern Transvaalco-ordinator of the EducationCharter campaign said.But the police were unable toproduce written notice of the banningof the Wits meeting, despite anintensive search.About 5 000 people had been expectedat the meeting and about1500 had already arrived when thepolice intervened.Organisations participating includedthe UDF, Sosco, Fedtraw,Nusas, Neusa, Azaso and Cosatu."The state is threatened by thisdemocratic and peaceful process,and by the democratic educationsystem people aredemanding. Thatis why.they want to crush theEducation Charter campaign with

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEEitiiiHrrniiiiiiriliillitilllllllllllllfllllllllllllA decade of struggle''"I was there when the firstrjots took place, I was in thestreets with the children.They were playing at first.Then they got angry when theBoer policemen tried tothem from marching... thenthe children threw stones...then the Boers shot thechildren...ttl burned a motor car. Ihelped to burn a school. ltwas a bad thing and I waa s h a m ed of myself. But Ihhted so much that I knew Ihad to do it. You see, theshot the children and I hatethem.tt(Schoolgirl, Soweto,r976)drr?",Yr'"*:1fl?i;.i1,'lli.: il5' 3:Orlando Stadium. Pupils were demonstratingagainst the use of Afrikaansas a language of instruc -tion. Shortly after leaving havingleft the Orlando West Junior Sec -ondary School they were confrontedby police. When teargas tailedto disperse the students, police openedfire, killing two and injuringhundreds. Thirteen year old HectorPeterson was the frrst to be killed -shot in the back.By mid-aflernoon, Soweto wasablaze. Administration buildingswere burned, beerhalls gutted, liquorstores ransacked and carsstoned. Two white officials weredragged out of the burningbuilding and beaten to death.Within 24 hours, the townshipwas sealed off, and 'hippos' patrol-^ ':d the streets. In less than twoiys, violence had spread acrossthe Reef setting Mohlakeng,Tembisa, Katlehong, Daveyton andthe sunounding townships ablaze.The major cause of the studentrevolt was the enforcement of Af ,rikaans as a medium of instruction.In 1958, Verwoerd's governmentdecreed that there was to be a '50-50' split between English and Af -rikaans in "Bantu" schools. How -ever, the decree was never strictlyenforced untll 1974. In 1974, theDepartment for Bantu Educationclamped down - declaring that'practical' subjects were to betaught in English,'social srudies' -history and geography - to betaught in Afrikaans from the sec -ondary schoois level.Furthermore, is was declaredthat Slandard 5 was to be regardedas part of secondary, instead of pri -mary schooling. This meant thatStandard 5 pupils - of which therewere more than all the othersecondary grader combined, dueto the high rate of school-leavingafter primary school - would nowhave to wnte exams in Alrikaans,only one year after having beenHector Peterson, the firstJune 1976instructed in Afrikaans. Anothergrievance was that proficiency testsin Afrikaans for teachers wascursory and arbitrary.Since 1974, there had been growingdiscontent over the use ofAfrikaans in schools. The hatred ofAfrikaans stemmed directly fromits association with the policeforce. The police force is the cuttingedge of Apartheid- enforcingpass laws and influx control. AsSheena Duncan, then Black SashPresident, pointed out: "Afrikaanshas come to be seen as the languageof the minoriiy oppressor whoenforces oppressive laws upon asubject majoriry".In May 1976, pupiis from OrlandoWest Junior SecondarySchool elected a committee to discusstheir complaints with the locaiinspector of the Department forBanru Education. He refused tomeet them.Exasperated, pupils boycottedclasses on 17 N{ay. Over the nextchild to be shot dead by police in Soweto on 16two weeks, six schools joined the the mass protest march fo, furi tO.strike. Parents and school boards On the morning of the l6th June,calling for an end to the strike were over 15 000 schoolchildren gatherignored.Within four weeks, sever - ed outside *re Orlando West Junioral thousand pupils and students be - Secondary School bearing placardscame involved to boycotts and and banners such as:strikes."Down with Afrikaans"During May, several violent in - "We are not Boers"cidents occured'We are not dustbins - Afrikaans. a teacher using Afrikaans was sdnks"stabbed with a screwdriver by a "If we must do Afrikaans, Vor -r pupilster must do Zulu"' pupils breaking the sLrike wereviolence erupted r,vhen police at -stoned. porice cars patroilins.lro,uld ::Stfs;H?:i.T:rilTildfi}.T1the school were stoned and set it.'.frifOi.n ..spond-ed by tluowonfire. pupils were detained by police 1,1?#l'il;i",1T ,ffi;,:tT:l:n . ,. rkilled. and hundreds injured.un IJ June lvlo' ne Soutn At " -Riotins soread throughout therican Students' Movemanr.(SASM) ,";;ril; i'eertratts. shebeens andmet at the Naledi High School and";ilZi;;;i; ;1;;* ;;;;formed the Soweto Students' Rep -,i*l"a f", ^i'";7resentative Council (SSTC^): jl: ia i.* ""iSSRC was composed of SASM . ':.orf ,-1"'--" "ra'*i "-3;?tiiii;T,1,:;'&T.:'1T,TX:1,/- ^,,,e^

Wlist JUNE 15 llll sil:E!:Eiiiiffiii:$i:liililiiiilliiitiil:sliiiiiiisliliEEillriproblems we face. That is whYwe burned down the bottlestoresand told the shebeens toclose".Rioting continued all daY, carrY'ing on into the evening and deePen'ing in intensify when police batonchargedhomecoming workers.School princiPals were seen ascollaborators with the sYstem andattacks againsthem were frequent.Within a period of ten days, ovel150 schools were fire bombed anddamaged - mots attacks concentratingon administration and the principals'offices.bne pupil claimed: " In the olddavs our fathers said, 'half a loaf isbeiter ttran no bread'. We say 'Bantueducation is iike deadly poison -half a gram kills as surelY as a fulldose' ...".Towards the end of JulY' theSSRC called for a return toschools. However, the decision wastaken at leadershiP levei, and, onthe whole, students were unwillingto return to classrooms' In the stateof.indecision and confusion, only arickle of students rerurned. In anattemDt to ferret Qut studentleaderi, police launched a series ofclassroom raids - the raids had theeffect of emptying schools until theend of the year.Students-turned to other forms ofprotest, and a staYawaY was calledfdr 4 August. A degree of coerdionwas emploYed,- with students barricadingroads and surroundingstations.Students also attempted to march-:on John Vorster Square on the 4th'to demand the release of studentlgaders. They were met bY Policegunfire at a roadblock on the SowetohighwaY. Three students werekilled and many more injured.Fotlowing another success on the23rd August, the SSRC called foranother two day staYawaY beginningon 13 September. Qn that daY'a section of mineworkers from theMzimhlope Hostel went on therampage. With alleged Policetolerance and even incitement, theworkers raged through the streets,killing at least 33 youths.The SSRC negotiated with MzimhlopeHostel representatives andtogether a ?07o successful stayawaywas staged. ,t -A commemoration service at.ReginaMundi Church on 16 June1977 of over 6 000 PeoPle was brokenup when teargas was fued intottre church.Sporadic rioting continuedthoughout 1976 and 1977. Followingmore class boYcotts in JulY1977, police ctamPedown. Over800 student leaders were detained'and on 12 September 1977, SteveBiko - black consciousness leaderdied in detendon. Vktually all studentorganisations, including theSSRC and SASM were banned.Township newsPapers were shutdown, and more than I 556 blackcivilians were arrested.Reports collated bY the South'African Institute of Race Relationsthat over 660 had-upporters march for a free non-racialeducation"ff;iro*aW*..:r 'tt*-tVCOSAS - organisedhr six years Cosas had built upremarkable organisational strengthand unity, enlisting mass support in150 brancl.res country wide. At thetime of its banning, Cosas had 30000 signed up members.Cosas began to organise in blackschools in 1979 in response todiscriminatory and oppressiveeducation prescribed for blackstuderrts. The rapid growth inmembership and proliferation ofbranches reflects the objectivegrievances that existed in blackschools, such as corporalpunishment, overcrowding, poorlyqualified teachers, sexual harras -ment of female students and thelack of democratic SRC's. While itwas these things that Cosas set outto struggle against, they also wentfar beyond them, demanding "freecompulsory, dynamic education ina non-racial. democratic Southr,wffi.,,.* F*t ttT{y:_rican st',ia,..,,+,'ri4i.ia it::, '!,+it'ii,," ,w:'i::: :::, :iilt:,' ':',t:.L:wwCOSASbanned:afightingThe banning of the Congress of Unlike the student organisations each student fights a small battle onSouth African Students (COSAS) which emerged around 1976, his or her own, which gets therin 198-5 was in Part, an admission Cosas adopted a non-racial rather nowhere. That's why SRC's aruzby the government of Cosast than a black consciousness stance. rmportant to us - democratic SRC'sThis highlights an important ^which replesent the students andcomponent of what was Cosas' are accountable to the students."strategy: the difference betweenshort term and long term goals.Short term goals, such as theWhen COSAS wasbanned it had30 000 members.demand for democratically electedSRC's are those which Cosasidentified as being realisable underthe present political system. Longterm goals, such as that ofdemocratic education, theyidentified as only being possible ind democratic South Africa. Yet thetwo were linked in that dte strugglefor democratic SRC's was seen as astep towards securing a democraticeducation.Democratic SRCsThe demand for democraticSRC's continues as the single mostpopular demand among students.There has been outright rejectionof the prefect system in blackschools. As Cosas said, "youtJr aretaught to instruct, command and bestrict... There is no room forexplanations, qrrestions orcriticisms." A student explained:"We saw that by acting in unisonWithin a year, the state swoopedon Cosas members nationwide.The entire exec was detained. Bythe end of l98l at least 40members were held. At certainschools, Cosas activists wereexpelled. Repression wasparticularly harsh in thebarrtustans. In the Ciskei studentswere detained, assaulted andthreatened and in the Transkei,Cosas was eventually banned inI 984.Students' grievances:corporal punishment,overcrowding,sexual harrassment.Repression was aimed atintimidating Cosas students andtheir families - for example bybombing and raiding their housesor at eliminating or removingleadership through detention or

'lit!!!!$iiltiig!firfrfrilil.[igiigititlliiiitiiiifiiiillitilitiitffi$,ffiffitrfiiluitlsffi*ilffi$il JUNE 15 nn ffi,=vThe concept of'People'sEducation raises the question ofwhat kind of education would beappropriate to the needs of allSouth Africans in a democraticSouth Africa.One of the initiatives which hasassumed new meaning in the lightof the call for 'People's education',is the Education CharterCampaign.Through coilecting demands notonly from students, but fromparents, workers and teachers, theCampaign aims to draw up aCharter which would provide theguidelines for an education systemin a democratic South Africa.*In 1982 PE Cosas leader,Siphiwe Mtimkulu, mysteriouslydisappeared. At the time Mtimkuluwas suing the Minister of Law andOrder after he was allegedlypoisoned with thalium while indetention.*ln 1984 SowetoBranchSecretary, Bongani Khumalo wasshot dead, allegedly by police,while leaving his house.*Cosas AdministrativeSecretary, White Mohape allegedthat he was kidnapped, assaultedand shot at by police in theoutskirts of Bloemfontein, in 1984.State of EmergencyOut of all mass based antigovernment organizations, Cosaswas most hard hit by the State ofEmergency last year. Activistswere detained in hundreds andthousands of students went intohiding. Shrdents rvere also in theforefront of street battles withpolice.Cosas was the organizationalexpression of the student'sopposition to bantu education andtheir demands for improvements intheir conditions. When asked howstudents plan to go forward afterthe banning the reply was: "Wewili/---ti.r-amalter,-ofcritical rejection of the Presenteducation system.In the townships of the EasternCape, and in places like Mamelodinear Pretoria, students and Youthhave also become involved in thesetting up of street committees,peopie's courts, and disciPlinarYcommittees aimed at building analternative system to that offeredby the State.'People's Power'means peoplecontrolling theirown lives.'How equipped are the teacherstrained by the present system to Part of a programme to build'People'steach ?eople's Education' ? WhatPower',these newtraining would enable them to do structures are seen as providing theso ? What structure, content and roots of a new democratic systemmethod of education will genuinely in which people do not simply voteserve all South Africans ? How can once every four or five years, butthe democratic participation of rather are involved in making andstudents, parents, workers and implementing decisionsrelating toteachers be ensured in realising a their lives on a more day-to-daytransformed education system ? basis.These are some of the questionsraised by the Education Charter Out of the school boycotts of theCampaign, and the call for last two years, the nationwide?eople's. Education Irevolt and the campaigns againstthe Community Councils - youth,Whereas in 1976 students students and even communities arebasically sought equalitY with seeking to build a new system ofwhite education, their demands are democracy in the ashes ofnow based on a broader, more Apartheid.spiritlives onout alternatives. O|ganisations,like leaders, come and go, but theideals and the aspirations of thencnnle rpmain " \"Organisationscome and go, butthe ideals of thepeople remain"Another student replied: "Ban orno ban, the struggle for a people'sdemocratic education is on. It willbe on until our demands are met.And our demands go far beyondour classrooms."ParticiPationThese students have pinpointedCosas' greatest achievement. BYstressing democracy andpart.icipation on a mass level, Cosasenab'led student organization tocontinue in spite of the repressionof leadership and the banning ofthe organization.The call for the unbanning ofCosas has been one of the centraldemands put forward by theNational Education CrisisConferences held last December$su$st)A democraticSRC is a structureof studstudents and for students, saysthose

s::::i:::::w{liHffiEffisr]IZIIS YIOlenC€ s:l!$ HiulmlltiilltlPollce smash pl$$.:' ,. ...*ii$.,*1ffiEOIs "--tatiOn "'-t""""S:LHere Nits :1"3;:1.ha detailsActivities on campus on Fridaywere initiated in response toThursday's apparently pointlessinvasion of campus by police. OnThursday, it seems rhat rhe SMAintended to create a violent sceneby setting up their tables and'presstelexing the local and internationalto cover "the story". In fact,what happened made no story atall. Small group discussions tookplace around their tables untitlunchtime.After an ECC Rally, a group ofstudents marched up to the SMAtables and engaged the SMA. Afterabout 20 minutes of chanting, aBSS leader asked students to disperse.They were on their way tolectures when the police appeared.The police found themselves withnothing to do. A plainclothespoliceman grabbed Ronnie Mak -gosi, a Wits student, out of thecrowd and forcibly arrested him.The police then left.Students gathered early on Fri -day morning with the intention ofholding a peaceful demonstration.It was decided to protest againsthearrest of Ronnie, a past Unibo SRChesident, and also against the.,lg0Day Detention Bill" to be passed inParliament.Students gathered in the Studens'Union Arcade, and it was believedthat there were police surroundingcampus. It was proposed that adelegation of 30 studentshouldapproach the police and negotiatefor a peaceful withdrawal. Tensionwas high but 30 delegates -representatives of virtually allcampus organisations - volunteeredto risk arrest.Several academics includingDeputy Vice-Chancellor,Professor Shear, Dr Jackie Cock,Dr Douglas Hindson, Ms JudithHawarden and Mr Mark Swillingjoined the delegates. Theprocession, led by Professor Shearand bearing a banner saying "WeDemand the Right to peacefulProtest", left apprehensively. BSSmarshalls ensured that no studentsfollowed so that the police wouldnot be "provoked" by a "iargecrowd" and the delegation's safetyyould not be jeopardised.The delgates left campus andmarched into Jorissen Street. con-Nicky Magarosi being assaultedtinuing up to the Civic Centre.When police appeared, students satdown. The delegation and somesurrounding press photographerswere arrested, and taken to HillbrowPolice Station. A deliveryman was beaten by police forstopping to see what was happening.Students on campus decided to'send another "peace delegation" todemonstrate for the release ofarrested students. The delegationmarched into Jorissen Street, andRiot police sealed off theintersection of Jan Smuts andJorissen. The demonstrators thenPicture - Misat down in the middle of theintersection. What follows is aneye-witness account given by awoman in the delegation:"The head of .the Riot policeshouted at us to move out ofthe traffic. We said to I'that he should move his por-rfirst. He ordered them tomove, and we advanced andsat down in the road outsidethe CNA. The Riot police thensurrounded us on three sides.There were more of themacross the road."The head Riot policemangave us two minutes to dis -The initial attack. Ronnie Makgosi is arrestedStudents arrested outside the Civie a"nrra

Ei!!!l!!!!l!!#i!!!!!!ili!!!i!!!!sffi!i!!ifi5ii!tn!! iiilliiiiiiiiii$:iiiii: lllilltits yiolgnce:::i liiiiiiiiiiiii)eaceful protesture -theanyaiceofl0ndde:henes.)mans-Mike Levyperse. We said that we giveourselves up to be arrested.Somebody stood up to negotiatewith the police. Thepoliceman said,'Heh a salready spoken'."The head of the riot police)n nodded to the otherllice. They jumped onto us,hitting us with sjamboks andtruncheons. Most people fellon top of one another' andwere beaten on their headsand backs. I got hit on myshoulder and my head, butmanged to get away quickly. Iran back to the others, andsaw a friend being arrested.She held onto me, and she wascrying and hyperventillating.They grabbed her away fromme, and pushed her into theyan. The last person to go inwas Nicky. They held her andbeat her before arrestingher.ttAbout 15 people were badlyinjured, a few were bitten by dogs,and two had stitches in *re head.ln response, a decision was takenby about 1500 students to marchinto Jorissen Street. Five reoresentativeswere sent to requestAdmin to lead the delegation. Theyrefused, saying they would be incontact with the police telephon -ically.When the march of about 1 500people reached Jorissen Street, policevans accelerated at high speedinto the crowd from behind. Whatfollowed was a series of charges byshotgun and sjambok wieldingpolice during which students dispersedand then regrouped. Twopolicemen were surrounded andbeaten by'Thestudents.police advanced on campus.Most students were sitting outsidethe Nunnery Theatre. The policedeclared the gathering illegal, andordered it to,disperse. Studentsused the time to arm themselveswith stones, and when the policemoved forward, the stones werethrown. A policeman drew his gunwhen his vehicle was hit. Theyfired teargas into the Life Sciencestunnel where most students had fledto.The protest then regrouped onfhe piazza. A known plainclothespoliceman, posing as a student wasidentified, and angry studentschased him into the Geology building.There he was beaten beforemanaging to escape. Firoz Cachalia,ex-BSS President issued awarning to all informers. He saidthat student leaders would not beable to guarantee their safetyagainst the justifiable anger ofstudents.Police reappeared, entering campusfrom Jan Smuts Avenue. Theymarched past the OppenheimerLife Sciences Building andstopped. Students regrouped tosing N,tosi Sikelel i'Afrika. beforeconcluding the meeting anddispersing.At the conclusion of the meering,at about 17h15, students began todrift away. Some srudents reirain -ed, and shouted at the police toleave campus. Several policemenwielding sjamboks charged, chasinga group of students into theWartenweiler Library. policeeventuailly retreated after thestudents had disappeared.The names of those arrestedfollow. They were released onSaturday morning, and will appearin court on Monday 2 June. Theyface charges under the InternalSeburity Act:Claire Wlighr, Dali Mpofu,Erica Elk, Tiego Moseneke,Thandi Gqubule, Shenaz Bolbalia,Aslam Baba, Tsietsie Makho, JohnEvans, Cllire Ceruti, Paul Sadie,Moses Mashishi, Leanne Bricker,Aaron Metrikin, Etienne Marais,Nicky Mogorosi,Thami April,Azar Bham, Nicola Ridgeway, SueSmuts, Mike Nyoni, RobbieLessem,James Maseko, JohnMcCormack, Mark Potterton,Kendell Geers, Vanessa Barolsky,Leila McKenna, David Heldsinger,Lauren Kaplan, Kim Heller,Lisebo Mokhesi, John Payne,Xolela Mangsu, CatherineRamphomane, Dean Ahlow, KarenMiller, Abdul Mayet, SaulJohnson, Conrad Merclal, ErrolGooch, Roger Young, JacobMoleko, Michael MptsostaffJudith Hawarden, FrancisCornell, Terrie Sacco, DougHindson, Mark SwillingEnjoying the campusjorlst.i':: r:iiilui::,:ir::lr' ll'lisrlli-ii,,'it\t$),,l:,.,i)]r'r.,4:ri$rii I :::::I.3ti iPicture - Mike Levy

- _ft4?t*-.:.!r,#!!, ".F,;*"4-.l'-IVictims' Views'I think that normal teachingCannot take place when campus iscontinuously invaded by the police- not oniy because this interruptsthe normal course of events. butbecause it brings the larger SouthAfrican crisis, that affectstownship dwellers on a daily basis.onto campus.In the face of this,academics face a**..,- choice : they can either remain'aloof and distance themselves'i orelse take concrete steps to expresstheir solidarity with the students.''In the coming' few weeks there iscertainly going to be a major coerciveonslaught, if the State managesto implement the Public SafetyAmendment Bill and the InternalSecurity Amendment Bill of 180days preventitive detention. If thishappens, tensions on campus willmount. Students are going robecome increasingly militant andwill put greater pressure on theAdministration and the AcademicStaff to participate in theopposition to Apartheid and publicbrutality.''I think that Academic Staffshould follow the example of hof.$hear,who has played an extremelyconstructive role in recent events'' on campus, by both demonstrating.,''against police on campus as well asby remaining in close contact withstudent leaders.'My reason for joining the protest. was quite sintply that I supportedthe student's demands and that I feltthat I couid no longer continue tofulfil any role as a teacher if I only" stand by and let the students makethe sacrifices.'The relationships that developedbetween lecturers and students in" the cells, to me, broke down theconventional barriers that usuallyexist between them. This was an. extremely enriching experience.'jMark Swilling Politics Lecturer"I saw the police - armedwith sjamboks and dogs,surround the seated studentsin what looked like an attemptto seal olf all escape loutes.The police startedattacking the studentssiambokking, and layingright into them.The students and casual passers-bywere screaming andtrying to protect themseves,but the attack continued Thestudents, while vainly tryingto protect themselves againstthis brutality, were alsoattacked by dogs under the'control of their handlers'.I honestly thought that policewere supposed to protectSouth Africans. But thisincident has highlighted mynaivety. After this unprovokedattack, lying amongst theshoes on Jorissen Street wasthe torn remainder of t h estudents banner, ,Release ourleaders - peaceful protest'.',Claire Joyce, BAII"When we sat in JorissenStreet, the officer in chargeordered us to disperse. Aftertwo minutes, he said to hismen 'Go!'. I still thought thepolice who were surroundingus would not sjambok us. Itwas only when I heard thesound of sjamboks h ittingflesh, that I realised we werebeing attacked. In theconfusion, I fell over into acrowd, and when I stood up,being disorientated, I walkedinto three policemen whosjambokked me. I rememberthinking that they were sostrong. My bacr an d legswere sjambokked and I hadto have my head stitchedoJo5=o.9(LMy reaction was completedisbelief that the policecould behave so brutally tostudents who were so utterlydefenceless."BAIIi, '?ossibly the worst aspectof Friday's police violCncewas the palpabte enjoyment ofthe cops in using extremeviolence on our young students.I was watching whenthey lashed into students onJorissen Street - some got l0or 12 blows from sjariboks,others were bitten by dogsactively directed by theirhandlers to inflict damage.But afterwards, when ttrec.rowd had dispersed, the po-Iice slapped each other on ihebacks, some smiled broadly.others laughed, and they weieface of police brutalityall clearly excha4ging storielike schoolbo.vs after a rugbmatch.t'Some hours later, whenour students again facehighly armed police, I wasnot surprised that some studentshurled rocks at thepolice. Three times in oneday, completely peaceful protestswere broken up withextreme fo.rce. Gandhi'snoble tactics do not move theh.earts of politicalty mo .tivated sadists. I fear ihat theday is near :when these men.who have kiiled over I 00dpeople in the past 18 monthsshoot down one of ourstudents'"Member of staffTotal onslaught-'ifsPicture - Mike Levy

tfifintsentRCtheoid)lyItoIto)inlhe- mito)nlytonrgorbuleT.an;tillfasaaliontn1nan]xcutLheintw,his)ss,ionhattheilliPOsTnnfi$rffiLarton Fuie looked aroundcounted, anyway) that the polnervously. If he'd had a choice hehad no right to &eat Mussel ijwould not have set up the tablesthat, after all his years of Io,today. But choice was somethinssuPporto the government. Butthe Studenrs for More ApartheiJdecided not ro. He recited tdid not have. When Meneer hadscript that they had brought Iphoned that morning, they had hadhim perfectly, and afterwards thto get their bamers and pamphletswere quite pleased, for a changinto their trolley, no matter howand promised that he could mescared they were.. Things were a littlequieternow PW one day.Spproach nervously. Hehopedthe radicals sang their repulsive,than they had been earlier. Aiso 3 Riot police wer-e still iround tuneles songs and danc'ed theirlittle cooler. Larton had got quite a somewhere. It wasn't fair, they tibal dances. They kept edging -*o"uei up Phantom has learned thfright when he had seen the were forced to come here, but no to him and MussLl, *irosomewhere deep within the Inte:matches. Heconsoled himself by one was prepared to back them back until they were against the national Relations departmethinking that it wirs only the up... Suddenly a large shadow wali. Musselevenstartedtoclimb therelurksmorethanaglimmertaxpayer's money that had gone up loomed over him. He turned up the wall, until he fell back with a approvai for the rece{t SADinflames. Unlikeallthehardwork breathing a sigh of relief. It was piop. 'invasionsof neighbouring statethat had gone into the Projects their Great Leader, the Big Man Justwhenl:rtonwassurehewas Thesetypeof "relations"rankwitbanner. He grinned. It had burned himself, Mussel Grissel, freedom going to faint, the cavalry arrived. gunboat diplomacy and should nrsodcely! fighter. Even bigger than usual. Er, ai least the boys in blue. They be part of the repertoire of arSu!d9{y there was a noise from He would sort things out! stormed through the crowd and responsibie state. Maybe IR shoutheOldMutualSportsHall. The Butastheradicalsapproached,a demandedtokn6wwhyMusselwas be renamed "lniernation:meeting seemed to be over. Larton srange ttring happened. The Great antagonising the crowd. Larton Invasions".ffied not to notice the thousands of Leader seemed io get smaller. He was about to protest when itradicals streaming out. He idly thrashed around nervously. occurred to him that they might Rumours that Prof Shear hiwondered what they wouid do "Where are my bodyguards?" ire leave him there if he said anything. affiliated to the UDF have provewhen'asall of the university was whimperert. "Do something!" he Sohekeptquiet. unfounded Questioned i-ade uP of radicals. Even Admin squeaked at Larton. He rias just When SATV came to interview whether he actually had given-_.starting'whatwithShear and abouttohrrnandtunwhenhewas him, Larton was quiteangry He clenched fist salute at Tuisday)r surrounded by the rad.icals. had a good mind to'tell everyone in meeting, prof rober said that proHe watched the radicals' Larton watched, tenified, as the Soutli Africa (well, those that Shearhad beenmisphotographedtheoreticai concepts, and, the Coforms,maliciousernment involvementof committment andandconference.in this conlibelous, orinterventions'exacerbat(ing)that social scientistsriftswhile betweenthere is little harm in a lot ffJffi*..., Actioncan make in sociery. studenrs on.ui.pur:-of earth scientistst-wrt.,;. ;;talking about the ;;i;?;;:"causes ofrifts in rhe fiisr nlace?\geology of gold deposits, the in-,i#k o Bradtey poritics;"d5,;til5T_:::1r"o,,x1: ffil".."ff*f.:'l.J?1.,iJf..,1,# wits crechesi;di.I-'-'IvorSarinslq-PoliticsHonours rain io trear'-a-nffi"G*d";';;senitive and provocative a91,1ire COmmgntS,s I a n d e r e r' il"::'*li't?T :1,,r:in**j: ili?iHlt {^'{'l'ii:l",iTi; :*;l;;;,v,o,hean.n:,jfi',*}Jil"i'.[:,'j',:"* lliffifl'trfl:.ffft'#Minister Steyn_continues to of ";:;irtmi:.#staff. The CrecheAs the author of rhe arricie anger of the crowd when Aitonyis subsidis,Blood, Sweat and ge.rr,, l-*"s Gordon and Rick Endin pushed oversee the mass firing of Black by the University Council and itisobviously very inrerestea'n irr. them roo far in theii rff;ti;;;;mineworkers, the reservation of this subsidy that enables us to sereactioni.,att5errti.i.;fiilt"d.""- up a frenzy. t *a, a111onf necertain mining jobs for whites feesatRl40amonthandnotat'As the article was .uo,i-irug ciowd, and heard"ri*.nooltv' s1ary1{on wages' segregated "real cost" of R200permonth.itself, I consideied n.g;, ,.rponri numerous exampies of aqger mine facilities, to mentionllikeonly The Creche rs non-profitmakintF-.nostnoteworthy.throwingcans andsparkleis atthethose areas under his direct The fees cover the costs of. -eytookmeupontlueeooins: stage; w:hennntonvCoiaon-t.ot supervision'As amemberof the employing qualified andtnY#ii-"p--"iii,.';^;;i,..1fr; on-saying'paul",tccart";t;iii cabinet he is party to all the experienced staff ro care forsponsoring^issue ana tire poilrlcar come outlf you say'Yay *it ;;;repressive measures that make up children aged 6 months to 3 yearinferences. more rime'. the Apartheid system.The staff/ahild ratio is effeciivelIobtainedthenamesof thebands Whetherornotitwasintended,it At a time when academics and one to six. Baby care is verythat played from the Rag office came across as an atrempto stealespecially scientists are coming labour intensive if it is well doniitself. Ifthere*.r.-irtuf.tit.ni theshowandlbelievemyonginat under incre-acing pressure-from Itisimportantforthedevelopmwas not responsible.article was fair in rhar respecr." international instirutions-- journals of the child to offer as muchihildA Rag spokesperson refused to -While in no way artempting to are not accepting South African substitute motller contact asre1 me how much th. L;;;lio;; belittle Rag, the oniy orherierte"r to contributions and South African possible and to treat each child as'Witsgroup had paid to oUt.in'if1.irSiudent' (apart from delegates are being banned from anindividual.'i..nihise, so t pironea the responses) about Rag'was hardlyinternational conferences etc- it is we offer a qualityservice at anLonghorn head officd. Th;;;i complimentary. co;r.q;;i;-i folly indeed to invite go-vernment effective charge of R7 per day orff5:Iff t#l;tf **i 8:#i,:ffrnv arcicte "' unrai' o' l#i:[:,X':?l"J'H:#.'fi:'i.lJ ]h:ilr'i,:'f;,X'"Tr:omentioned in the article. Aealn. if Partly funding the conference-- meals a day are provided. Thistiat is incorecr, I could Simon Haycs BSc III and that P.W' Botha may put in a compares .extremely favourablyresponsible. "";;;;ld personal appearance.with the fees charged_by otherrhe po'1i'lica'1 'n'.'.n.",n;,1;,3 state h iiacks 5l$*ilf11ilf#*',::-#:, ffiTli1:xrff".':ffpersonal viewpoint. Sicommon knowledge thmakes every ,tt.*-pt ,"'jol# Congrgss:n lr"*,f..:ut**-m -tr;i:i:,"Jjlffi,i:*Tnon-politicai'vI thought it s'n'angetheir own apathy leads to further wish to ensureto includethat theira-childrencentenary float - the The South African scientific isotation. If academics do not are well-caredveryforiogoinof which hadthebecomebesta communityhas-doneitagain.From oppor" apartheid and the rep- possiblpoliticalissue'environment. we believeSurely thatwould theTthtoihellth.ofJut-yaninter- iJ5"nt.tiu..of thisabhonentsys- we offeralienatethismany politically-consciousand invire yournational earth sciences congress iJ* on ou, own campus, then we conespondentpeople who wereto visitaware that therethe crechewill be held at wits. "Geocorigress i'u*o,.*p"., any support lrom the to formwashissuch bad feelingownabout the '86" opinion.is being hosted pr--1ire livilisea world. Given the recent Telephone pamcentenary, especiallyBerverleyamongst theon642-G_e9logicalsociety.of south.n{ri9a irutal police artacks on ou,-il- 03rg shourd you wish ro vjsit theblack communiw.

0 easWAto reedotrytts.st.uden.l rs cdilcd_bJ Erica Elk, publishe( by the SRC, und printed by the Centrat l,rint Unit oflhc Unrversity ot the Witwatersrand, all of I Jan Smuts Avenue, Johitnnesburg.The vicws ando--pinions expressed do not purport to be those of the Council or th€ Studenls'"Representative