Oral interview took place in the SASO office when Gerhart visited to make an appointment for a formal interview with Steve Biko, which took place the following day. Gerhart was preparing her doctoral dissertation, which became her book, ‘Black Power in South Africa’ (1978).
Archive record
Interview with SASO leaders

- Origin date
- 13 March 1974
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Interview with SASO leaders. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114213
South African History Online (2016) 'Interview with SASO leaders', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114213 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Interview with SASO leaders [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114213, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Interview with SASO leaders." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114213. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Interview with SASO leaders." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0114213.
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