eventREF E-0012401Revised
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COSAS President is detained
- Date
- 24 Dec 1979
- Updated
- 12 Dec 2019
The Security Police detained the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students (COSAS ), which had become one of the biggest anti-apartheid student organisations in South Africa.
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.).
Last updated · 12 Dec 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). COSAS President is detained. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401
South African History Online (2011) 'COSAS President is detained', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).
South African History Online, COSAS President is detained [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401, (accessed 8 August 2026).
"COSAS President is detained." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "COSAS President is detained." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401.
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