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.
eventREF E-0012401Revised
24 December 1979
COSAS President is detained
- Updated
- 12 Dec 2019
How we know this
- 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: 7 November 2026).
South African History Online, COSAS President is detained [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401, (accessed 7 November 2026).
"COSAS President is detained." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012401. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.
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