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.