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Page 2Hurley acquittedKoevoetexposureavertedARCHBISHOP Dennis Hurleywas acquitted of untruthfullyaccusing the SA unitKOEVOET of perpetratingatrocities in Namibia. On the18th of February ArchbishopHurley appeared in court oncharges of contravening thePolice Act. The charge had beenlaid on the basis of an inaccurateSAPA report of the Press Conference,where in 1983 Hurleyhad spoken ofwhat the people ofNamibia said of Koevoet.His acquittal was greeted withspontaneous cries of joy andapplause from a packed courtroom.The trial attracted Internationalattention, with severalleading bishops from the UK and'Australia attending as a sign ofthe Church's support for Hurley'sstand.At a press conference heldimmediately afterwards, Hurleysaid that he was glad the waste oftime and money was over but, headded that it was unfortunatethat the trial had not been able tobring out and emphasize the roleof Koevoet. He added that mostNamibians do not see the guerillasas terrorists or the SA security[orces as protectors.Huriey's final prayer was that"this aborted trial could be usedby God to end the suffering inNamibia" which he said wasprimarily caused by SA.BSS officeraided againffiftlflfrt{uffiSECURITY POLICE have onceagain raided the offices of theBlack Students Society (BSS) inthe Student's Union Building.At 4.00 am on Tuesday 19 February,4 members of the SecurityPolice presented Wits Securitywith a warrent to search theB.S.S. offices.Ms Jocelyn Cairns, SRCFinance Co-ordinator openedthe offices for the Security Policeat 4.30 am. The four, 3 men anda young woman (allegedly a studentat RAU), searched theoffice for approximately one anda half hours and confiscated 12items.Included were posters celebratingthe 30th anniversary of theWomen's Federation; UDFposters and pamphlets and 67copies of the Freedom Charter.Commenting on the raid ChrisNgcobo, BSS chairperson, said"It is clear to us that there is aplanned and orchestrated campaignby the security police to tryand intimidate our organisation."Grant Rex, SRC president,added that "these sorts of raidshave occured on campus before,it is clear that they are justanother form of intimidation."The raid seems to be part of anationwide crackdown on UDFaffiliated organisations whichresulted in the detention of 17UDF organisers.Some organisations affected bythe raids and detentions were theTIC (Transvaal Indian Congress);NIC (Natal Indian Congress);Fedsaw (Federation ofS.A. Women) and SAAWU (SAAllied Workers Union).Admin crackdownongrassoutside the John Moffat building"!He also promises that thereduction in the amount of grasswill not be great.The original design qfthe fountainoutside the library also\included a paved area.The decision to pave the areawas taken some years ago, at atime when no funds were availablefor the alteration. Now thatfunds have been given, the planis beine executed.outh hostelfor allAFTER A year of wranglingover racist policies, the SouthAfrican Students Travel Serviceshas_finally been given rights toissue International Youth Hostelcards.SASTS has been looking for away to issue the internationalcards without dealing with theSouth African Youth HostelAssociation (SAYHA), whosepolicies exclude black SouthAfrican from staying in theirhostels.Because of this policy theSAYHA has never been a fullmember of the InternationalYouth Hostel Federation(IYHF).SASTS decided not to deal withthe SAYHA after discussionswith all SRC's and SASTSoffices. They felt that the policywould insult many of their customers.While SASTS itself is not eligibleto become a member of theIYHFas it does not operate anyhostels itself, it will promote theaims of the IYHF which are toprovide low cost accomodationto all travellers "regardless ofrace, religion or political opinions".WHAT HAVE a plan of campusdrawn up in 1918 and a desire forsymmetry got in common?Both are the reason for the pavingtaking place outside the WilliamCullen Library.Open meetingAccording to Professor Muller gatecrashedof the Department of Town andRegional planning, the original WITS STUDENT is investigatinga charge of assault after aplan of campus shows a symmetricalpiece of lawn outside the member of the organisation waslibrary. And the present library assaulted during Orientationlawn is not symmetrical. It must Week.therefore be changed.The incident took place when aProf Muller says he knows the member of Wits Student waspaving is causing much heartache.But he promises a final meeting.helping to usher people at a massarea which will have "a pleasant A man told her to close thesitting area, similar to the one door at which she was standing,even though people were stilentering.When She refused he pusheher aside and closed the doorThe door was later reopened.The man was seen to associahirnself with the SMA.Join protestagainst... um?HAVE YOU protested today?How would you respond to thilquestion? Would it ma(e yourun out and sign somethingDuring Orientation Week agroup of students set out tcgauge how students would reacto this sort of appeal.Their method was simple. Theset up a pole outside the Students' Union Building ancchained two people to itObscure objects were scatterearound their prisoners, includina photograph and potplant. Passing students and parents wereasked to protest.Some people were told that solidarity was needed for the protest and others that a protest clutwas being formed.At the end of the one daexperiment, 72 signatures hacbeen collected. Of theseroughly 40o/" were friends whcsigned for the iorl.But at least 54% of signaturecame from people who were content to sign, although they hadbeen given no real informatioabout the protest.The rest signed without askinany questions or receiving anyinformation.Most students, howeveproved their academic prowesby seeing through the experment and refusing to sign.The organisers admit that students were generally not susceptible to manipulation. Howeverthey do feel that the genuine signatures received indicate thepotential of rnanipulation oncampus.

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mee'Come and kill us and take ourdead bodies to Khayelitshabecause that is the only way we,llgo there'- Crossroads residentsin 1983.After 17 months nothins haschanged. The people of -Crossroadsstill vehemently defendtheir right to choose where tollve.Crossroads is an internationalsymbol of resistance to apartheidand influx control. Three weeksago Crossroads exploded.UDF publicity secretary in theWestern Cape, Jonathan deVries, said rumours of imminentremovals and the presence ofgovernment employees from theTransvaal recently trucked in toKhayelitsha had created fear inAbout 700 Venda, Tswana andShangaan speaking men werebrought to Khayelitsha by theDepartment of Co-operationand Development on TuesdayFebruary 12.The people of Crossroads sawthis move as an obvious step inthe process of removals. Theirsuspicions were deepened whenthe Deputy Minister of Co-operationand Development stated inparliament that 'all squatters inthe Western Cape must go'.In the face of forced removalsstrong unity developed amongstall residents of Crossroads. Theywould resist removal until 'thelast drop of blood had beenshed,' they vowed at a massmeeting on Sunday, FebruaryI t.A unanimous decision wasmade by the community to stayhome from work on Mondav.February l8 to protect theirproperty.As a further sign of resistancebarricades were set up aroundthe camp. At about 6am thepolice moved in. Within hoursCrossroads resembled a warzone.In the ensuing unrest 18 residentsdied and over 200 wereinjured. Many of the victims hadbeen shot in the back, accordingto a report by the South AfricaiChristian Leadership Assembly,SACLA, clinic at Crossroads.On Thursday, February 21 theROSSROADS FEB-UARY 1985WEDNESDAY, 13 - Dr G Viljoen,Deputy Minister of Corationand Development,es in parliament that 'allers in the Western Capest go'.ID-AY, 15 - All meetings inWestern Cape's Africantownships banned until Sunday,17.TURDAY, 16 - Respresentativesfrom different squatterines decide to unite in faceY, 17 - Crossroads resiJ9defy banning order aat a mass meeting to staay from work on Mondav. 1protect their homes.take oath swearing onlyve Crossroads 'over theiMONDAY, 18 - Residerect barricades around ttter camp. Police move inm with teargas and rubber bu. A beer hall in Nyangared and attempts madethe Administration Board13, over 200 injured.Y, 2l - Police tear-400 youths after 1000raters march towardspe Town demandingease of the people's leaders.rther 3 deaths brine death toll18. Government backs downplans to create mini-bantusatKhayelitsha - promisingyear leasehold rights to Langa,Nyanga and Guguletu residents.RSDAY,28-Governmenlagree to develop Crossroads and

unday, Februaryls decision was)mmunity to stayork on Monday,to protect theirsign of resistance:e set up aroundabout 6am thein. Within hoursrsembled a warg unrest 18 resi-C over 200 wereof the victims hade back, accordinghe South Africanership Assembly,at Crossroads., February 21 thegovernment backed down on itsproposals to move all Africans inCape Town's townships toKhayelitsha and announced thatLanga, Nyanga and Guguleturesidents would be able to obtain99 year leasehold rights.A week later they promised todevelop housing at Crossroads. and KTC and to reconsiderpeople of crossroadshave verylittle defencenst the bulldozersthat threaten toflattencampdeveloping New Crossroads, asKoornhof promised to do in1981.Resident say this is not enoughas 'illegals', estimated at 90000people in Crossroads and KTCalone, will not be accomodatedand may be forced into overcrowdedbantustans.Rut why does Crossroads existand why do the residents of thesquatter town resist removal sostrongly.Why CrossroadsFrom the turn of the centurySouth Africa's rulers have triedto ensure they have sufficientworkers where they want themand how they want them.Agricultural, minin g, industrialand commercial concerns werefaced with a shortage of labourbecause the indigenous peoplehad their own land, animals andcrops and were economicallyself- sufficient.To create a potential workforce the government had tosmash the self-sufficienteconomy - leaving African.people with no means of supportOToJUreo.2l - Police tearrthsafter 1000march towardsdemanding thepeople's leaders.rs bring death tollnent backs down3ate mini-bantussha- promising 99rights to Langa,rguletu residents.8-Governmentp Crossroads andANd COMFORTA conference, hosted by tUDF Anti-ForcedCommittee was heldDecember 1, 1984. Overes from 25 orsanisationnded. Some of the questire removals, influx controlss laws, housing policy andA draft list of demands w:tTe1qt delnands:those in jail.2) Build houses at rentspeople can afford.3) Stop all rent increases.4) Build schools, creches andother facilities immediately.5) Do away with black localauthorities, management committeesand the tri-cameral parliament.6) Venues in the township to beopened to use by all.7) Scrap township permit systems.) All people must have theorganisation of their choice.Long Term Demands:1) One housing policy for all.2) Transport for people notfits.3) Pass Laws must go.4) Scrap Grorip Areas Act.Many of these demands areencapsulated in a clause of theFreedom Charter drawn upyears ago, "'There shalfHouses, Security and Comfort

TUDENTTHIS YEAR'S Free People's Concert left a sourtaste in the mouths of many people. The reason forthis had nothing to do with the music, the venue,or the organization of the concert. It had to dowith some people. Never before has a Frec PeoplesConcert seen so much aggression and violence.And never before have the crowd left the groundin such a mess.Both of these factors are completely contrary tothe idea and spirit of the Free People's Concert.The concert is symbolic. It seryes as a reminder ofthe freedom absent from South African societyand as a symbol of the society we hope to build.After this year's concert, the future of the concertmust be rethought. And, like the concertitself, it's cancellation will also be symbolic.The government, in an attempt to regain lost credibility,announced that forced removals willcease in 1985. Only two months later, the squattercamp of Crossroads, outside Cape Town, has beentransferred into a war zone, where people whowould rather die than move to Khayelitsha arebattling it out daily with the SADF and the SAP.What the South African public don't realize isthat bulldozing shacks and forcing communitiesinto the back of trucks is not the onlv method ofremoval. Moving people to new can takemuch more subtle forms. These include """Lr cutting offwater and food supplies in dn attempt to persuladepeople to move voluntarily.As PW Botha put it in a slip of the tongue to MaggieThatcher: "lVe don't force people to rnove, wecoerce them".In 1984 some drama students tried to set up avideo news and magazine programme which wasto be shown in the canteen during lunch times.Plans were well underway when they were toldthat all items shown on the programme wouldhave to have their content checked by Admin.first.Now in 1985, censorship has once again becomeand issue on Wits campus, with Admin preventingWits Student from publishing pictures of the SMAtaken during Orientation week.We live in a society where freedom of the press isa myth. The government has created a barrage oflaws to protect its institutions, including thepolice, the army, the hospitals and the prisons,from any sort of media attack.We do not need any censorship beyond thealready strict laws of the state. Certainly as a campusnewspaper, we should never be restricted inour coverage of campus events.The recent move by Mr Standenmacher is thereforedeplorable. We should be working against thedrat onian laws of the government, not with them.Worthwhileconversation?Dear Ed.As a senior student of this university,I feel it both my honourand privilege to welcome boththe new and old students backto this institute of higher learningand into the realm ofacademic pursuit.What beautiful legs they have,such ftne tans, and a dress sensesecond to none, yes, you guysincluded! Welcome you sociallyminded people to the realworld? Here our social consciencesstretch further thanwhose 21st it is on SaturdavNight!I feel breathless to be in yourcompany, those of you thathave thought long and hard onthe choice of which directionyour lives should take, so thatyou might better help this countryand help strive for the goalsof its people! How many of youare going to fail B. Comm thisy€ar, or is it B.A. Please youmedics, don't look so smug,you're included as is 80% of thisuniversity.How many of you will be backthis year, as yourselves or in theshape and form of others. Nowiser, brighter or betterinformed than before. Ask yourself,ask your friend on your leftand right what you are.doinghere, perhaps you're heremarking time until that "greencard" comes through, of frivolouslydoing something tooccupy your time until the nextvac. - "Cape Town here wecome!"Come on. let me overhear aworthwhile conversation for achange, all you academics and"socially concerned" people, letme know that you are aware ofthe situation of your reality, ordo I have to share the apparentfantasy of your brief stay in thiswhite haven!You the fortunate few whohave both the opportunity andapparent intellect (by virtue ofthe fact that you're at university,or is our school educationso bad, that some of you managedto slip through!) to helpguide your country into the mid'80's,a period of upheaval,potential change and excitementthat its history has neverseen.Use this opportunity tobecome aware and get involvedbecause you're more responsiblefor the future of this countrythan anyone else. Your silenceand non-activity is form of condonanceand consent to what ishappening around you.If you cannot see it, let me beyour eyes, otherwise leave us inpeace, go back to school, backto Sun City, back to your 2lst'sand stop parking in my place!Anonymous!On differenteducationComment on WS article.Education: weapon or tool?People are brought updifferently. I remember myparents teaching me not tothrow stones. I remember otherchildren who were never taughtthe same lesson.

Now they throw words of hateat others as if they'd learnt itnowher€. I recoil. "How canthey?" and secretly believethey're not human.Still I've been waiting for yearsfor this society to change andpeople talk, and a few get shotand yet it remains the same.The lessons I've been learningare, that I'm anti-social butwhen once I was isolated Ivalued conversation.Now I know I'd be nowherewithout the society I live in (andpeople talk and a few get shotand we read it in thenewspapers.)And I believe we've all beentaught wrong along the way butno-one knows who knows whatwe should know except that weshould all be taught the same.MMTee Pol Studc IIILet's get itout intothe openWhen professor Du Plessis wasthe VC. we noticed trendstowards what I can only call the'de-greenong' of the universitygrounds'Then came Karl Tober. Thingschanged. A university buildingon Jorissen Street was knockeddown, and replaced by a neatlittle garden. SO! One V.C. wasinto buildings (lots of them) theother heavily into gardens. Wewaited, with bated breath forCentral Block to be knockeddown and replaced with arockery. We all started thinkingabout the difficulties of takingnotes in an open-air lecture.Lecturers began to takevoiceJessons, realising thatoutside, especially in a rockery,it is difficult to make yourselfheard. Much was our dismaywhen we saw a truck drive ontothe library lawns, loaded withbricks. So, we now have, notlibrary lawns but the librarycourt yard - bring your owncushions.One wonders if spending allday every day on the eleventhfloor makes vice chancellorsunable to deal with the sight ofanlrthing green or anything thatgrows. The way things aregoing, students at Wits will beableto spend all day on campuswithout ever putting their feeton the ground.Helen MacnamaraBSc llStart again,Start!I am writing in response to thesatire column which appearedin the most recent edition ofSTART, thc SAUJSpublication.Although this article wasintended as humour. it waswritten from an ignorantperspective. As a result, it fallsfar wide of what feminism isabout. It presents being uglyand not sharing as prerequisitesto becoming a feminist. Ratherfemininsm works towardrelationships for which goodlooks are not the mostimportant criterion. This is notto say that we should all beugly, but rather that valuesshould change.The article also states thatZelda became popular whenshe became militant and wasalways seen at mass meetings.By implication, she wasaccepted because she did whatshe had to do td be accepted.Once again, feminism does notprovide a series of alternativecodes ofacceptance. Itencourages questioning andexploring of issues, rather thanlimiting people to living up toexpected roles.That the writer chose suchcliched stereotypes is indicativeof his lack of understanding.Accurate satire is humourous,but uninformed satire verges onthe absurd.Susan SmutsBA IIIBlatantsexismI am outraged at the 6latantand shameless sexism that wasused by certain studentsocie{ies during orientation thisyear to entice new members totheir 6rganisations.Apart from the sick - excusethe pun - joke about AIDSwhich appeared in "Torque",the Engineering Students'so-called "publication", threestudents' organisation, namelythe Student Moderate Alliance,the South African Union ofJewish Students, and theProgressive Students'Association, urgently need toreasses their roles as activeorganisations which purport tosupport the notion of sexualequality.Firstly, it is no secret that theSMA dislike me intensely -because their big-boy tacticsare yet to see me running - anddecided to include "gay rights'activists" alongside "wom€n'sliberation campaigners" and"student union politico('s)" ontheir current little hate-list.According to "Standard", theso-called "newsletter" of theSMA, it makes no "apologies"to the above categories,students whom the SMAconsider not "ordinary" andwho have "a chip on theirshoulder". The joke's on them,however: the drag queen on thefront page of "Standard" looksironically, you may notic€,quite like old Lance himself.Furthermore. "Start". theofftcial mouthpiece of SAUJS,carried an article - apparentlya "satire" - entitled "Abe andZelda" which was nothingmore but an hysterical appealto all Jewish girls to beware theevils that lie in unshavenarmpits.The author, one "SaulSackstein" mapped a directpath to hell: a) you are ugly; b)you do not shave your legs; c)you join the Womens'Movement; d) you go gay; e)you get banned; f) youeventually lead the "GayWomen for freedom inOccupied Palestine".Dear Mr Sackstein, apartfrom feeling terriblythreatened, should check thedefinition of "satire" in theOxford dictionary.. And, finally, I gathered Prog.Soc must be desperate formembership. As andassociation which claims alarge mandate, I wasunderstandibly surprised todiscover that this year theypromised all new recruits ahusband - or maybe even awife. Their poster "And hekissed her.... etc." was aheterosexist exercise. whichhopefully will in the futureremind them what Wits andNusas is not about.James BurtCo-ordinator, Wits GayMovementThe fightrs overta-- r, - raftfl, ffiffiffiffiI write to offer my srncerecondolences to Wits AestheticsCommittee. They finally seernto have admitted defeat in thestruggle to keep the librarylawns green. I'm not sure Ientirely agree with their "if youcan't beat it, pave it" approach,but I suppose it's understandable.I mean, lets face it, there's alimit to the amount of time youcan dig up and replant onepiece of lawn.As for the comfort of thestudents, well you can't winthem all. And I'm sure studentswill get used to sitting on coldbricks in winter.After all, in the good old dayswe didn't have the luxury ofgrass, did we?And any way, students whowere used to sitting outside theWilliam Cullen Library in thesun should have been insideworking anyway.So it's actually for their owngood in the long run.Aah, but life works in strangeways.Alan Wilson BSC IISelf defencemay benecessaryThe recent assault on areporter from the StellenboschUniversitlr Newspaper "dieMatie" made me startwondering whether WITSSTUDENT reporters hadconsidered taking up theKarate Club's offer ofreasonable rates forself-defence classes.Consider the violent reactionof certain elements onStellenbosch compus to anarticle concerning initiationatrocities. Given thecorresponding (thoughobviously smaller) groupingson our campus, who do notalways come out looking toogood after Wits Stud€nt hasexposed the less savoury andnoticeably expensive activitiesand publications, of thesepeople.Maybe in the interests ofsurvival, Wits Student reportersshould seriously considerlearning a few simple selfdefencetricks. Just in case.Susan Howell B. Ed IIChristian StudentsIf you are interested inwriting, photographydesign or any otheraspect of newspaperproduction, SALTneeds you. Contact us inour office on the 2ndfloor of the StudentsUnion building.Page l5

i1!!!!ffi!5t95!ilE tl l/ frlz ll/l !i!!!$iiTHIRD ALBUMS are difficult.Usually contrived in that splitsecond between developmentand insecurity, they are oftententative: groping uncertainly atcompromises between old fansand new horizons.As such, one can never expectto feel immediately comfortablewith them, and a couple of "listeningsto" are usually necessaryto restore one's self-security (vitallydisturbed by the unexpected!).But what on earth have theCocteau Twins (there are actuallythree of them) done thistime? To me, Treasure soundsdisconceringly like a collectionof old English folk songs giventhe pretentious treatment onesunny day in the countryside - asort of sickly stab of accessibililtybrought on by a notion of theurban dream to a picnic.This "rural excursion" representsmore of a limp than a radicaldeparture from previousL.P.'s. It has none of the turgid,driving urgency of Garlands nordoes it disturb as Head OverHeels disturbed.The rough edges of the soundand production have beenremoved leaving but a mellifluous.gooey centre of puremelody, which seems rather todrip than drive from the speakers.It must be said, however, thatlilting Liz is possessed of a mostsuperb voice which complimentsbeautifully the various tonesproduced by Guitarist, Robin.Ah ... that guitar which mumbles,chants, drones and buildsinto tumbling, swirling climaxes... then rings out brilliant, clear,chiming ... now tolling ... andthen. once again. returning tooriginal chaos.The lyrics are not the best(however serious it all maysound) and a few minutes concentraionwill reward one withgems like: "Paper pagelong...pen down" and, wait forit, "pompadour" (!) Yet take thisrecord for what it is: a quaintlycurious diversion, rather than aCocteau Twins masterpiece (asthey are capable of producing)and it should provide manyhours of happy picnicing, andother pastoral blisses.Page 16Fr iends ..., Romcns,,..*SHAKESPEARE doesn't haveto stay in books and be studied asliterature. It should be onDepart-JuliusCaesar illustrates this idea quite:clearly. WITS STUDENTattended a rehearsal of whatpromises to be no "ordinary"theatrical experience: the stageset is highly stylized and ritualstage".'I'he Dramatrc Artment's production oflike movement sequences representsome of the battle scenes.Special effects and the etfectiveuse of lighting as well as originalmusic provided by a 7-pieceorchestra add to the'spectacle'nature of the production. It isthis which makes it livingtheatreand not "a play from abook." The whole play movesincredibly well - contrary towhat one would expect afterreading the play (which is choppedup into so many scenes!).In working on the performanceunder the skilled direction ofMalcolm Purkey the drama studentswere involved in investigatingthe relationship betweenthe literary and the theatrical,WHAT'S THE difference betweenWham and the SpecialAKA? The difference betweenSmash Hits and New MusicalExpress?. Or what's the differencebetween eVoid and theCherry Faced Lurchers?If you know the answer, you'llknow why we need "Vula".We've seen the birth and deathof many South African fanzines.so why Vula? The answer is simple:Vula is more than a fanzine,it's an in-depth culturemagazine.Also very important is a groupof South African artists, musicians,photographers, writersand actors who are struggling tokeep some sort of local culturealive. We seldom hear aboutthem, they put culture ahead ofmoney and find it hard to competewith those who have soldout to American and Britishcommercialism. We need aforum for these people and theircause, and atpresent that forumis "Vula".You won't read about Wham inScene from Julius Gaesar at Wlts theatreinctuding an exploration of thetext. An essenlial issue was "howto approach Julius Caesar asactors" (how to act Shakespeare,that is) and the performanceshows that this issue wasexplored well The m3ln ghpractersespecratly Brutus, Caesarand Mark Anthony are performedconvincingly.The production is designed byVula, but you may meet Mapanzula.Vula haven't heard ofAnneline Kriel-Kerzner. Haveyou heard of Billy Monk? Youwon't see Vula at Sun City Butyou may see them atLot 49.Vula was launched in .apeTown as an experiment inDecember. It was obviously successfulbecause the second editionwas aimed at Cape Townand Johannesbure markets.Vula is important. At last a lotof people who have been workinghard for many years are gettingthe recognition theydeserve.And in a world of commercialismwhere artificial barriersare created between culture andpolitics, and where you sell yoursoul to make it, Vula provides arefreshing alternative.Whether it survives will dependon the apathy that has killed somany alternatives in SouthAfrica. It represents and independentspirit that should neverdie.Sarah R.oberts andmusicaldirection is by Bernard KisbeyGreen. A large number of dramastudents are involved in the stagingof what will be a very excitingproduction.Julius Caesar opens at the WitsTheatre on Wednesday 13March 1985 with performancesuntil 23 March.Book at Computicket.BachconcertTHE WITS Orchestra's majormusical event this term - an"All Bach Concert" - will beheld in the Great Hall on Sundav3l March 1985 at 20h00.The concert commemorates thetercentenary of Johann SebastianBach's birth. It is also a tributeto the late Professor DavidHorner, head of the School of,Dramatic Art at Wits.Soloists will be drawn from TheSchool of music, to be conductedby Professor Walter Mony.MusicdcrysCAMPUS sound isn't onlysupplied by Voice of Wits.Last Monday was the firstMusic Day on Campu:. On thesedays live music is played by soloistsand small ensembles at venues,both indoors and out.throughout compus.For the more discerning listener,music students are continuingwith their weekly Wednesdaylunchtime concerts.This is an established and popularpart of Wits' musical life. Thevenue is the Great Hall and thestarting time is 12h35.

FreePeoples..WHAT A WAY TO GO!''Saturday 23rd February 1985saw the biggest crowd everassembled on Wits property tocelebrate the highlight of the"S.R.C. Orientation week" -the "Free People's Concert".28000 people enjoyed a 14 houraction-packeday -with dramaall the way . . . During the earlyhours of Saturday morning, thepower generators were cut -giving the organisors 60 minutesto reconnect the sound system.Despite last minute hitches, theconcert began at 10 am as planned."Tear us Apart" opened theconcert before 1 000 "earlybirds".The crowd grew, the atmospheredeveloped and the middaybands "Hotline" and"Juluka" really got thetickins.By the time "Ella Mentalappeared. the thousands of spec:tators had participated in humanpyramids, balloon kites andcrowd war- cries."Nude Red" closed the "SRC-Free Peoples 85" at exactly 12pm over but not forgotten!1985 is the 20th year of thisannual concert, hopefully in1995 we can host the same concertbefore truly "free people".ANTONY GORDONS.R.C. "FREE PEOPLE'SCONCERT" COMMITTEEO Ellamental, PetitCheval, Mapantsula,raving crowds, the stageat this year's FPC!Q,uips...Sheldon Thomas, member rPetit Cheval: It was great, brthe sound wasn't too good.John Sampson and R. PlummerThe concert was noisy. Saw tw,people fighting. Many wer'drunk as well.Library Lawn: FPC wasn't agood as usual. The "crickepitch" was an obstruction. Iwasn't as carefree as a FP(should be like. The amount orubbish was disgusting.Stephanie Fain (and friend): Iwas great and brought younlpeople together, which isn'really conducive to JHB. Icouple of guys were bleeding an

Witsshinesat SAUTHE 1984 SAU Winter Tournamentsconsists of sporting eventscomprising 19 different sports.Twelve universities from acrossSouth Africa participated.Wits, better known as anacademic university, proved itssporting ability in winning 8events (4 men and 4 women).Wits also obtained the highestpercentage of individual SAUcolours awards (40 "Witsies"!).These awards went to:- M.Bellamy,A.Fick, M. Da Silva, F.Duncan, D. Blacks, S. Flacks, T.Hill, M. Marinus, N. Meisler, C.Hartman, B. Maier. J. Mayer, S.Statt, M. Wood, D. Martins, K.Weber, D. Brittian, S. Leigh, R.McCall, A. Davis, R. Liversage,C. Penny, H. Chweiden, M.Dembo, P. Hirner, I. Lager, A.Toulouras, L. Van den Berg, H.Van der Veen.Well Done !!-- - -_t7 --.- $wSporting GreatsALTHOUGH not a very wellpublicised fact, WITS has asportsman and woman of theyear. The criteria for theseawards rests not only on the individualssporting ability, but theiracademic perforrnances and personalitiesas well.This years award winners areMark Plaatjies and MelanieDembo - Melanie merelyregained her title, while Markreceived his for the first time thisyear (Bruce Fordyce has held theaward for the last iyears).Mark and Melanie's most prestigiousaccomplishments of1984 were:Mark Plaatjies - Athletics:O Springbok colours formarathon and cross countryO Won Nashua Marathon equallingBernard Rose's worldrecordO Won SAU Cross Country andchosen as the Protea Team CaptainOAwarded Full BluesMelanie Dembo - Karate:rTlTs snc trm$KSDNATII HOIISTiO Graded to 3rd Dan Black Belt-youngest in SA to receive thisO Won SA's AII-Styles ladiesopen Kata for 3rd timeO Won SAU and awarded ProteacoloursO Only Westerner ever to makethe finals (7th) in the All JapanChamps in TokyoO Wits Karate Coach for 2 vearsO Awarded Full BluesMelanie Oembo-Reaching ne* helghtsPage l8

ffi: stillshedloor.d.rciate-I?l?lplrllt?ay?r thisyouring?kart toieactdayhadese,whoJres)onhadtioniingany/er,/essen-stu-ep-tet,iigtheonLGuest star for the Raikes Memorial team, Er?ol Tobias. signs anautograph lor Wits sports-officer Helene WhiteffiSPOBTW,Sweet victoryRaikes matchIheyStuandit.ereddingPastrere:solproclubWITS RUGBY offto an excitingstart last Wednesday when Witsfirst XV defeated the RaikesInvitation team for the first timein more than a decade at theRaikes memorial match.After leading 16-3 athalf-time,Wits held off a second-half comebackby the invitation team towin convincingly by 32-18.The invitation team, whichincluded Springbok prop Henningvan Aswegen, prospectiveTransvaal captain John Robbieand 3 other members of the 34man Transvaal training squad,were roundly outplayed. Robbieand invitation team flvhalf.Errol Tobias are believed-to behot favourites for the 9 and 10jerseys in the scheduled seriesagainst New Zealand.The Wits loose forward kept aclose watch over Robbie andnumber eight Chesney Thomas,while centre Ashley Shaftodynamised the back line, providinga solid defence againstTobias and adding speed andflair to Wits three-quarter play.After an invitation team comebackfrom 22-3 to 22-18 in thesecond half, Wits fought backwith scrumhalf Norman Bayvelproviding a fine try in the 40thminute.At times it appeared the twocombinations had declaredunarmed warfare while refereeMike Edy attempted to coolfrayed tempers in a fiery openinghalf.1st blood atnew hallIN A special match to mark theopening of the new Wits Basketball-VolleyballStadium, WitsWomen's lst basketball teamdefeated a Rest of Transvaalcombination 52-41.The Wits attack wasspearheaded by Maria da Silvawho played an outstandinggame.In the other matches of theevening, Wits men's basketballteam and the men's and women'svolleyball teams were alldefeated by Rest of Transvaalcombinations. Wits men losttheir basketball game 86-69. Themen's and women's volleyballteams were both roundly outclassed,both being defeated by 3sets to nil.With players frovieing for places inside - Norman BrShafto and Harry IWits team - it wasthat played the mtive attacking rugbltotal of six tries.Scorers:Wits TriesCoombes (2), PeteNorman Bayvel, MShane Carty. Bakkthree conversioCarlson, one conveRaikes XV - TritHaarhoff, Freddie iTobias, two converpenalties.The Wits XV arI Bakkie Lourenr Colin Coomber Ashley Shaftor Mark Carlsonr Peter McFarlar Vic Booyens,r Norman Bayver Wayne Loubser Harry Robertsr Paul Mosenthr Ian Hume,r Richard McCar Clifton Bird,r Neil Fergusonr Shane Carty (caWits.

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