The former President of the SRC of the University of the North delivered the Address at the Graduation Ceremony of April 1972. The university authorities subsequently suspended Mr Tiro and mass protests by the university student body followed.
archiveREF R-0120045Revised
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Speech delivered on Graduation Day on behalf of the Graduands, April 1972
- Origin date
- 29 April 1972
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Speech delivered on Graduation Day on behalf of the Graduands, April 1972 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120045
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