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… the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March 1987 at a secret meeting in Cape … Education of the Soweto Youth Congress (SYC) and the SAYCO. In March 1989, four activists, Nkwe, Mpho Lekgoro, … were free and would not be detained.  Nkwe was part of a SAYCO delegation that visited the African National Congress   …

… . Kondlo was politically active from an early age. In her student days at Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape she was active … the 1980s. Kondlo joined the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) and was elected to its National Executive Council …

… 1988. During this period Gigaba became involved in various student and youth organisations such as Congress of South … Students (COSAS) , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) , the South African Student Congress (SASCO) and Young Christian Students (YCS) . …

… was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High School. While studying for … Arts at the University Witwatersrand, she became active in student politics. During this time she participated in … FEDTRAW became one of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliates. Between 1984 and 1990, Adam worked as publicity …

… on 9 June 2002. Note: The South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), launched in 1987 at the height of the State of … unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990 SAYCO immediately began the process of re-establishing the …

… Reef SASO (REESO) Local Brach in Johannesburg which had student affiliates at the University of South Africa and other … in the Transvaal.  He was elected as president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at the University of the …

… degree in Humanities. Here he was elected president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) in his final year. At … as SRC President was when they wanted expunged from the student diary two articles that they regarded as … was instrumental in establishing SASM. SASM and SASO were affiliates of the BCM and their aim was to influence the …

… Front, and a predecessor of the South African National Student Congress and South African Student Congress. Moseneke joined the anti-apartheid movement and was detained in 1976 for taking part in a student demonstration. The following ten years were spent in …

… [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in the 1970s, and upon learning that his … the BCP’s empowerment efforts, he received training from student leader, Jeff Baqwa, to conduct literacy training … University of Natal (now UKZN) that supported the affiliates of the labour federation, Congress of South …

… was established to provide both teaching training for student-teachers at Rhodes and junior certificate courses for … the New Unity Movement] leadership had penetrated all its affiliates, including the CPSU, which became part of I. B. Tabata’s faction. Despite these problems, however, NEUM affiliates still hosted vibrant intellectual events: Solomon …

… of South African Students (COSAS). While active in student politics, Shabalala came into contact with African …

… Union (SFAWU), which became one of FOSATU's strongest affiliates. In 1984 he led the successful Simba boycotts for …

… (KDF).  He became the secretary of one of the strongest affiliates of the KDF called the Macassar Development Forum …

… up under penurious circumstances, Mpofu was the only student out of one hundred and seventy-three who completed … counsel in other legal battles including representing ANC affiliates and member of parliament Supra Mahumapelo during … Mayor of Cape Town, “Fees must fall” activist and former student at Wits, Mcebo Dlamini, M-Net presenter, Gareth …

… School, where he quickly became a leading figure in student politics. In 1980, he was elected chairperson of the  …

… their political awareness. [1] Williams was a drama student at the Joseph Stone Institution in Athlone, Cape Town … and oppressive apartheid regime. Williams was involved in student politics, becoming a student coordinator for the Cape Youth Congress . In 1986, …

… Variava completed his high schooling at the end of 1969. Student politics and the Black Consciousness Movement After … in Fordsburg, where he soon became heavily involved in student politics. Variava registered to study English and … election to the SRC, and became the first ever first-year student to be voted president of the student body. Variava …

… Waterwitch’s political awakening came in high school. A student at St. Columba’s High School in Athlone, and a devout … together with some of his peers, he tried to establish a Student Representatives Council (SRC). Waterwitch’s …

… first Black president. In 1978 he became the first Black student to obtain a PhD degree from Rhodes University. In …

… excelled academically. She became increasingly involved in student activism as the presence of the South African Defence … the townships and on school premises, attempting to stifle student political mobilisation. Any attempts towards …

… the filling station job, attending political trials of student activists to criminal cases. The kind owner and …

… High School from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, she enrolled as a student with the University of Durban Westville. During her … diploma in education. During her years as a university student, she became involved in student politics, organising boycotts and other forms of …