Students protest at the University of Fort Hare

Date: 7 Aug 1973
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Students protested at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape on 7 August 1973. The students’ organization, the South African Students Organisation (SASO) was held responsible for the protest. Further violence erupted on the campus on 28 August. Fort Hare had been a brewing cauldron for student political activities during the liberation struggle in South Africa. Leaders like Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukhwe and many others followed this trend at the institution

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01O’Malley, P. ‘1973’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 22 July 2013)
02South African History Online, ‘Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 22 July 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, July 30). Students protest at the University of Fort Hare. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096252

South African History Online (2013) 'Students protest at the University of Fort Hare', South African History Online, 30 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096252 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Students protest at the University of Fort Hare [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096252, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Students protest at the University of Fort Hare." South African History Online, 30 July 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096252. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Students protest at the University of Fort Hare." South African History Online. July 30, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096252.