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BiographySelby Bangani Ngcobo
… which in 1964 awarded him a Ph.D. in economics. While a student at the University of Natal he took an active part in … the KwaZulu Government of Mangosuthu…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… of South Africa (UNISA) - Salisbury Island, Durban. As a student Cooper was against the motion which called for the … He was also instrumental in the…
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… for an Arts degree, during which time he became active in student politics. Curtis and his sister Jeanette (Jenny) … Town. He was central to the emergence of…
BiographyAnthony James (Tony) Leon
… Witwatersrand University. He was the president of the Law Student Council and deputy President of the Student Representative Council. While still at Wits he…
Henry Eric Isaacs
… enteres the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as a law student.In May 1972 he led campus protests against the … Representative Council president,but was…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… of Nelson Mandela , Ruth First , I. C. Meer, and other student radicals. He joined the Communist Party while a university student. He became a member of…
BiographyGovin Reddy
… Salisbury Island, where lecturers tended to be Broederbond affiliates, the meeting of avid and questioning young minds … educators and political leaders…
Following violent student protests in Cape Town on 16 February, President Mandela warns in Parliament that he will not tolerate
… Following violent student protests in Cape Town on 16 February, President …
Business Day reports that in the wake of a decision by the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Pretoria n
… Business Day reports that in the wake of a decision by the Student Representative Council (SRC) of the University of …
Students at Ciskei’s Fort Hare University go on a six-day boycott of classes following the detention of a fellow student, Sicel
… boycott of classes following the detention of a fellow student, Sicel …
The Minister of Justice banns all protest meetings in the centre of Cape Town, following student protests. Several arrests are
… all protest meetings in the centre of Cape Town, following student protests. Several arrests are …
The lengthy trial of nine Black nationalist student leaders ends. They are found guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced t
… The lengthy trial of nine Black nationalist student leaders ends. They are found guilty under the …
BiographyKhotso Seatlholo
… Khotso Seatlholo was born on 5 November 1958. He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with…
BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
… He was one of the organisers of the 1970 South African Student Organisation (SASO), Student Christian Movement (underground operations) . Ramusi was among…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… – UKZN) in Durban in the early 1970s as an engineering student when he became involved in the Student Christian Movement. He edited a journal, Through the ……
BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
… of SASA must date from 1897, when he was still a student. His then mentor was J.S. Morland, the first SASA … on the exhibition, while full of praise, also…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… Sam Nzima - of the dying Hector being carried by a fellow student - was published around the world. Hector was one of … 'ricocheting off the ground' as…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… of Durban-Westville (UD-W). Here he became involved in the student movement, including a national class boycott … evident in the struggles he joined for an…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her pediatrician father was…
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… through reading material published by the South African Student Organisation (SASO). His own experiences of … in the SASO’S activities and got involved in…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment … organisation. The Congress of South…
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… at University of Cape Town in 1986. While a Fine Arts student during the State of Emergency in the mid 1980s, … of personal engagement with her subjects that…
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
… Union. Although this organisation concerned itself with student and educational rather than political issues it can … abroad to Holland, Germany and Belgium…
ArchiveSouth African Students Organisation: Constitution and standing rules: adopted as revised and amended at the 2nd General Students Council, July 1971, Durban
A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and other community leaders are arrested and detained at Vict
… A number of student leaders at the University of the Western Cape and …
Archduke Frans Ferdinand, Austrian heir to the throne, and his wife are shot and killed by a student in Sarajevo. This lead
… heir to the throne, and his wife are shot and killed by a student in Sarajevo. This lead …
Dr. Renfrew Christie, an academic and former student leader at the University of Cape Town, is sentenced to ten years imprisonm
… Dr. Renfrew Christie, an academic and former student leader at the University of Cape Town, is sentenced …
Daniel Sefundi (Dan) Rakgoathe, SA artist, is born in Randfontein, Transvaal. He was the first full-time student in the fin
… in Randfontein, Transvaal. He was the first full-time student in the fin …
Derek Louw and Franco Fruscurd, editor and cartoonist of the Wits Student, are arrested and detained overnight on charges of de
… and Franco Fruscurd, editor and cartoonist of the Wits Student, are arrested and detained overnight on charges of de …