The press release says the South African Government has taken severe steps in recent days to end student opposition to apartheid. First it banned eight white student leaders, barring them from all participation in the multiracial National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Then, on March 2, it took similar action against the Black South African Students Organization (SASO), banning all six executive members and two others, raiding the office, and confiscating a great deal of material. Breaking any terms of the ban is punishable by imprisonment. These actions are the culmination of a long conflict between the government and students, who have rejected apartheid education as an essential...
The press release says the South African Government has taken severe steps in recent days to end student opposition to apartheid. First it banned eight white student leaders, barring them from all participation in the multiracial National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Then, on March 2, it took similar action against the Black South African Students Organization (SASO), banning all six executive members and two others, raiding the office, and confiscating a great deal of material. Breaking any terms of the ban is punishable by imprisonment. These actions are the culmination of a long conflict between the government and students, who have rejected apartheid education as an essential part of the Government's plan for maintaining white supremacy. Bantu Education is a carefully constructed system of education for servitude, and Black students do not accept this position of inferiority. The press release reports the SASO members banned are Steve Biko, Seth [Saths] Cooper, Drake Koka, James Mafuna, Jerry Modisane, Strini Moodley, Harry Nengwekhulu, and Barney Pityana. The NUSAS members banned are Neville Curtis, Paula Ensor, Clive Keegan, Sheila Lapinsky, Philippe le Roux, Paul Pretorius, Dr. Richard Turner, and Christopher Wood • The Student Struggle • Responses in the U.S • Banned: SASO • Banned: NUSAS
