It is generally recognised that mass popular struggles during the 1970s and 1980s played a pivotal role in eroding apartheid and creating the conditions for the transition to democracy in South Africa. However, few works on political resistance to apartheid and capitalism during this period have provided a detailed analysis of a specific movement or organisation - its historical development, social base, ideological and political character, role and contribution, immediate and more long-term significance, the specificity of the particular social sphere and terrain it occupied and its movement and activities on this terrain.
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Black Student Politics
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South African History Online. (2012, January 13). Black Student Politics. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0072029
South African History Online (2012) 'Black Student Politics', South African History Online, 13 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0072029 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Black Student Politics [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0072029, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Black Student Politics." South African History Online, 13 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0072029. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Black Student Politics." South African History Online. January 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0072029.
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