Volume 34 Number 19

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[Jnion gains
upper hand at
Woolworths
Strikers at the gianr
Woolworths Stores in
Johannesburg have
won significant wage
increases
and mav soon
win recognitionof their
trade union, the Commercial, Catering and
Allied Worker's Union
(Ccwusa).
A spokespersonfor
Ccawusa
saidthatall 300
striking workers had
been re-instatedwith
wage increasesbetween
l27o and 20To coming
into effectin September
A u n i o ns p o k t s p e r s o n
said' t hat w-cirkershad
b e e np a i d c o m p e n s a t i o n
lor -three davs of thr
s t o p p a g ea n d s a i d t h a t
the companl' agreed to
r e - i n s t a t et h e w o r k e r s
adding that it had never
been opposed to recogn i s i n gt h e u n i o n .
f h e U n i o n h a st e c e n t l Y
won recognition from
the giant Edgars Stores
Limited. Mrs Ernma
Mashinini secretaryof
Ccau'usa,signedan agreelvith Edgars
menttogether
'after
weeks of
Stores.
n e g o t i a t i o n .T h e U n i o n ,
therefore,doesnot anticipate any problem with
w i n n i n gr e c o g n i t i o nf ' r ' o m
Woolrvorths.a spokesp e r s o ns a i d .
N < l c o m m e n tc o u l d b e
obtained frorn Wool-
$'orths management,as
b r a n c hm a n a g e r sp o i n t e d
0ut that lt $'as cot.npany
policv not to talk to the
P l e s s .l t i s a l l e d g e dt h a t
C c a r v u s ah a s b r o k e n a n
agreem-nt rvith manager n e n t b y d i s c u s s i n gi t s
s t r i k er v i t h t h e m e d i a .
T h e w e e k - l o n gs t r i k e
was triggered off by the
s a c k i n go f a w o r k e r .T h e
r v o r k e r st h e n d e m a n d e d
the removal of a senior
o f l ' i c i a la n d a m i n i m u m
R50 a week increasein
wages.
Wagc increasesol' R40
a week l'or workers earning less than R300 a
nronth have been promised.Workers earning
more than R-.t(r()
a month
c a n e x p e c t i n c r e a s e so l '
,2,5cr6in their rvages.
Reports are that rvorkers have droppedtheir
demandfor the removal
of a seniorofficial but arc
s t i l l d e a d l o c k e do v e r t h e
rvage issue. All workels
have rcturned and no
further strike action is
t hr e a t e n e d .
SOUTHAFRICAN
BREWERIES
LIMITED:
BeerDiuision
Wb wifl be visilingWits.Conlpqson the 23/24Augusfthis)eor
ond ore poficulorly inferesfedin iolkinq fo studdnts
completing the followingstudies:
B.Sc.(with Microbiology,Biochemistryond Chemistryos
molo.s).
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or Mechonicol).
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or Compuler Scienceos mojors)
but would olso be intepsted in iolking to sludentsstudying
towordso B.A
Fo1more informotionpleose phone MissUsherot 2g€960,or
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Johonnesburg2000.
Conservative
Medics
under fire
The Medical School
Councils (MSC's) of
Wits, IJCT, the University of Natal and
tlNlSA have slammed
t h e c o n s e r v a t i v eS o u t h
African Medical StuAssociation.
dents
SAMSA) for not taking a stand on community health.
The Association which
comprises the Medical
S t u d e n t sC o u n c i l so f t h e
L l n i v e r s i t i e so f S t e l l e n b o s c h h .P r e t o r i aa n d t h e
Orange Free State. has
come under severecriticism for its apolitical
attitude.
The MSC's of Wits.
UCT, and Natal originally belonged to the Ass o c i a t i o n b. u t N a t a l w i t h drew in 1977and Wits
and UCT followed in
1981.
T h e U n i v e r s i t i e sd i s affiliated in protestto the
r e l u c t a n c eo l ' t h e A s s o c i a t e o nt o t a k e a s t a n do n
certain issues.Thev acc u s e dA p a r t h e i d o f c o n tributing to the deterioration of
community
h e a l t h h .T h e A s s o c i a t i o n
could not reach agreement on this point.
I n I 9 8I t h e S A M S A
resigned from the lnternational Federation of
M e d i c a lS c h o o l A s s o c iations over criticism
concerning its political
vlews.
The Danish Medical
Association
Students
then sent representation
to Wits. Natal and UCT
r AMSA
a s k i n gr v h e t h e S
had in any wayimproved.
A seminar was org a n i s e d i n J u l y 1 9 8 2a t
Wits by the ad-hoc National Medical Students
o r g a n i s a l i o n .l t r r a s d e c i d e da t t h e S e m i n a rt h a t
no improvement . had
been seen and recomm e n d a t i o n sw e r e s c n t t o
Denmark dircourlging
redmission.
Court protestillegal
A solitary protestor
who stands closer than
500 metres away from a
court tluilding
and
holds a placard. can
face a fine of R1,000 or
one year in jail.
This is one ol the
'Des t i p u l a t i o n so f t h e
m o n s t r a t i o n si n o r n e a r
Court Buitding Prohibition Act' which was
passedrecently.
The Act. which includes a wide interpret'deation of the word
monstration', has been
d e s c r i b e db y H e l e n S u z m a n a s ' f u r t h e re r o s i o no f
the rights of thc individ ual'.
In the Act a demons t r a t i o ni s d e f i n e da s ' a n y
d e m o n s t r a t i o nb y o n e o r
more persons for
or
person,
against any
c a u s ea c t i o n o r l a i l u r et o
t a k e a c t i o n .a n d i s c o n nected rvith and coincides rvitlr any court
proceedi ngs'.
A member for the
l-au'yers ior
Human
Rights Group, Mr Gilbert Marcus. believes
that the Derno Act is the
last nail in the coffin of
the right to peacetul
protest. M rs
Sheena
Duncan, vice-presidcn
of the Black Sash, has
d e s c r i b e dt h e A c t a s a
'repressive
measure'.
The Act makes provision for thc use ol
f i r e a r m si n d i s p e r s i n g
dem o n s tr a to r s .
There will be no parking at the
Showgroundsor in Yale Road
until I September
Editorial
This is the first time in its 34 year history that Wits
tudent hasbeenrestrictedby a SupremeCourt interdict'
The interdict, brought by RusselCrystal, in his capacity
as SMA chairman,preventsus from publishinganything
on the SMA's alledged involvement with pamphlets
distributed last week.
The hearing to decide whether the interdict will be
lifted or not is to begin today. Wits Studenl spent many
hours clarifying the issue of the interdict, as well as
checkinglettersin this edition' which deal with'sensitive
topics', with adminsitration. These are some of the
late this week'
l/ry
tea.on.
"hy
In the past nine days many other important eventshave
occurred. The ban on meetings,after causingserious
disruption to organisedstudent activities,has beenlifted.
The twelvestudentssuspended
for allegedinvolvementin
the clash on Campustwo weeksago, have been allowed
to return to university.An SRC memberhasreceivedtwo
telephonicdeath threats,and two campuspersonalities
havehad bricks hurled through their front windows.The
security police have questionedstudentsin connection
with recent incidentsand all'provocative'posters have
been banned by Wits Administration.
Thirteen candidateshave begun contestingto SRC
generalelection.
Wits Student will be covering many of the aboveevents
in our next edition once it becameclear what we legally
may or may not publish.
lvlass supprrr r
tur
SRC petition
The SRC last week negotratingrvith the Adorganised a petition n r i n i s t r a t i o no v e r a p o s condemningthe action ; i b l e w i t h d r a r v a l o f t h e
banntaken by the
Vice s u s p e n s i o n sa n d
r n g s ,b u t P r o f D u P l e s s i s
Chancellor, Pr<lfessor
w a s a p p a r e n t l ya d a m a n t
DJ Du Plessisin sus- in his refusal.The petitpending 12 students ion was launchedwhen it
and banningall student becameobvious that furmeetings.
ther negotiationwould be
The SRC had been pointless.
On Tuesday afternoon an outstanding Wits graduate,
Ruth First, was murdered in Mozambique. Professor
First died as she openeda parcelbomb sentto her office
at Eduardo Mondlane University,in Maputo.
Ruth's commitmentto justiceand democracyin South
C ollecting signat ures against administrat ion's heav.yhandedaction
Africa grew out the radicaltradition ofher parents,both
membersof the InternationalLeagueof Socialistsduring
World War One. While at Wits, Ruth was secretaryof
both the Young Communist Leagueand'theProgressive
Youth Council. She also met her future husband,Joe
Slovo, a law studentat Wits University.They married in
Apathy hit the Faculty The resultsof 1982Faculty Law
1949.After leavingWits, Ruth becamethe editor oIThe
Ruth Edmonds
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elections, which were elections were:
Guurdiun, the monthly Fighting Talk, New Age andthe
Sandy Lipschitz
124
held on Wednesday l0
Arts:
progressivemagazineSpcrl<,which wereall subsequently
Majority
tl4
August.
3 0 9 Perccntagevote: 22,9%
Mirryena Karam
banned.By the time of her 1963arrestshe had achieved
Despitethe low poll,
B r u c eR u b e r r s t e i n 3 3 5
international recognition for her report on South African
(21.loid.
Science
campaigning
26
Majority.
conditions. At the time of this arrest the London Daily
K e v e nS t a p l e y
106
was fast and furious on
Percentagevote: 2O,6ottt
A n d r e r vS t o d d a r t
167
Worker described her as South Africa's 'best known
t h e d a y . C a n d i d a t e sd e s 61
cribed the election as a BusinessAdministration: M a j o r i t y
progressivejournalist'.
' k e e nc o n t e s ta' n d a ' h a r d J o h n l . i v a n a s :
55 Percentagevote: 15,89;
Ruth was arrested,in 1963,in the Main Library at Wits
40
1-inaSprintz
fight'.
Medicine
University.She was then doing a Library Sciencecourse
26 D a v i d G r o l m a n
Majority
The
elections
Faculty
319
through Wits and many amazedstudentswitnessedher
are the first leg in the Percentagevote: 16.-l':i, R o b i n S m i t h
2
57
police
arrest by two security
as she was replacingbooks
election of the SRc. l-he Education
Majority
62
on the library shelves.She was subsequentlydetainedfor
g e n e r ael l e c t i o n w
s ill take A l i s o nG i d d y
139 Percentagepoll: 26.5ei
117 days ind, on her releasefrom dententionwrote the
place next Wednesday. N o l e e nS e r i s
5l
-I
classicbook on solitary confinement"ll7 days".
T h e S R C i s m a d eu p o f M a j o r i t y
8 8 NB. hesefiguresdo not
The Wits SRC, under Hugh Kowarsky, condemned
I I Faculty representa- [)ercentagevotc: 24,ga,i i n c l u d es p o i l t p a p e r s .
her arrest and detention in the strongest terms and
tives and l2 generalreps.
solidarity meetingswere held on Campus.
Ruth left South Africa in 1964, and her father and
mother harassedby the police, left soon afterwards,
He said that puDrrc that the fact that paySouth Africa has already denied the Mozambique
A public telephone has
p
h
o n e s a r e a s e r v i c e phones rvercoften out ol
claim that the South African security machinery was
been stolen by vandals
provided bt' the Post o r d e r w a s u n f o r t u n a t e .
behind the murder. South Africa's invasion of
from the
Students'
Cff'ice free of charge irr b u t a d d c d t h a t t h c r e p a i r
Mozambique last year had, as one of its statedaims, the
Union building.
r e t u r n f o r a s p e c i f i c d scrvice is expectedto bc
elimination of Joe Slovo, Ruth's husband, a leading
is the secondtime l m o u n t o f a n n u a l b u s i - i m p r o v e d i n t h e n e a r
This
member of the ANC.
t h a t t h i s h a s h a p p e n e di n n e s s .I f a h u s e d .t h i s s e r - fLltu re.
But whoever is denying responsibility,one of Wits's
two months. A spokes- vicellill bc rvithdrau'n.
most acclaimedgraduates- and one of South Africa's
M u c h o r t h e r r o u h l ei :
M r D i c k s o ns a i dt h a t i t
man for theAdministrata
r
e s u l to l ' a b u s eo l t h e
great democrats- has been murdered. All those who
p
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i
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v
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a
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ion. Mr Bruce I)ickson,
claim commitment to justice and democracy in this
s a i d t h a t t h e P o s t - O l f i c e l i c y t o h a i ' e a t l e a s to n e c a l l - b o x e sa n d r e s i d e n c e s
country will mourn her passing and be prepared to
rvas extrernel)' reluctant p a 1 ' p h o n ci n c a c h b u i l d - a r e u s u a l l vh i t t h e h a r d e s t
i n g o n c a r n p u s .H e s a i d b y t h i s p r o b l e m .
continue her courageousstrugglefor freedom.
t o r e p l a c et h e p h o n e .
New Faculty Reps
Phonesdestroyed
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SRC GeneralElections
Voting Instructions
l.
Vote for a leastfour and not more than sevencandidates.
2 . Indicateyour first choicewith a hold I'trN('ll. mark in the first
columnadjacentto the candidate's
numberon tirecomputercard.
3. Mark your other choicesin the sameway in the second,third,
fourth etc columns.
4. The vote will be considered
spoilt if any of the followingapply:
(a) lessthan 4 preferencesare stated
(b) more than 7 preferences
are stated
(c) thereis more than one mark againsta candidate'sname
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Marks MUST be madewith a soft PENCIL, preferablyI{8. The
mark mustbe dark and completely
fill the mark positionasshown
under acceptable
marksabove.
6 . The cardmust not be mutilatedin any way - it ntustnot be folded
or the cornersbent over.
7,
Pleaseleavetheseinstructionsand the list of candidatesat the
PollingBooth.
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Admin slammed
at meeting
Wits
Administration
came under heavy fire
at the l6th Richard
Feetham
Memorial
lecture held last Thursday night.
Lloyd Vogelman,chairperson of the Academic
Freedom Committee.who
organised the meeting
s l a m m e d a dm i n i s t r a t i o n
for their poor record in
regardto AcademicFreedom in the past few
weeks. Vogelman was
speakingbefore the guest
speaker for the evening,
77 yearold HelenJoseph,
who is a listedpersonand
may thus not be quoted.
Vogelman pointed out
the non-autonomousnature of the University
when he said: "the most
glaring examples of the
non-autonomous nature
of the U niversitywerethe
incidentswhich occurred
during the antr-Republic
d a y p r o t e s t sl a s t y e a r .i n
the course of which Republic day flags rvere
b ur n t .
At UCT one such
culprit was identifiedand
convicted in the Universitycourt.'His crime
wasthat he quote'brought
the Universityinto disrepute in the eyes of the
reasonableman".
Who were these "reasonablemen"
Certainlythey werenot
the majority of South
Africans who view the
South African flag as a
symbol of oppressionand
suffereveryday underthe
apartheid system. Rather. the'reasonablemen'
were representativesof
governmentand big business, who were so inc e n s e da t t h e a c t i v i t i e so f
the students that they
threatenedto cut offtheir
g r a n t st o t n e U n i v e r s i t y .
T h i s d e p e n d e n c eo n
big
Government and
business funding has
made the U niversityserve
those who currenllyenj o y e c o n o r n i ca n d p o l i t i c a l p o w e r .S t u d e n t sa r e
t h e r e f o r et r a i n e dt o s o l r u
p r o b l e m si n t h e i n t e r e s t s
of the privileged min o r i t y , r a t h e rt h a n f o r a l l
t h e p e o p l eo f t h i s c o u n try.
Vogelman said that
s t u d e n t ss h o u l d n o t s i t
idly by as the University
administralion decides
for students.
'Just
recently we as
students witnessed the
authoritarian nature oI
t h i s a d m i n i s t r a t i o nw h e n
12 students were suspended after taking part
in anti and pro-PLO
meetings.Thesestudents
have not been given the
chance to defend them-
Lloyd Vogelman
.elves. and their susp e n s i o nb e f o r ea h e a r i n g
smacks of gross prejudice.
W e a s s t u d e n t s .m u s t
n o w c h a l l e n g et h e [ J n i versity, so that we t.n:ty
also be included rr'hen
dealing with these matters'.
Vogelman concluded:
'The purpose of learning
i s t h e a d v a n c e m e not t ' a l l
f) etaineehospitalized
Reliablesourcessaid
t h a t M r M n t o n g aw a s
sufferingfrom the effects
of an overdose
of sleeping
tablets. In the official
release,policesaidhe was
beingtreatedfor a'minor
ailment'. They would not
comment on how Mr
Mntonga. a detainee.
could acquire enough
sleeping tablets for an
overdose..
Mr Mntonga is also
suffering from psychiatric problems. He is the
third member of the
S A A W U e x e c u t i v et o b e
a d m i t t e dt o a p s y c h i a t r i c
rvard recently. Mr Thozamile Gqweta, head of
SAAWU, who is arvait-
l n | , 9 7 1t h e d e a t h o f
SteveBiko causeda great
international outcry, equalled only by the reactio.,r to Dr Neil Aggett's
Students' vote in favour of an'open'policy
at Maties could lead to
a right-wing exodus.
Senioruniversitysources
said that the issuewould
have to be handled with
'great delicacy and tact',
should the university decide to act on the student
recommendation
two
weeks ago to admit all
races. With an overwhelming majority of
48-ll the student parliament voted in favour
of a more 'open' policy.
'Many of our 12.000
studentscome from conservativeplatteland families.and it is theseparents
who might react drasticalty by moving their
children to other. Afrik a a n s u n i v e r s i t i e s .s' a i d
one source. He hoped
t h a t o n l y a s m a l lp e r c e n t age of studentswould be
involved.so that officials
could be sentto explain
the situation to their
parents.
According to another
source there has already
been a slight, yet noticea b l e d r a i n o f s t u d e n t st o
o t h e r u n i r e r s i t i e si n r e action to the Stellenbosch 'verligtheid'.
This reaction has been
b u i l d i n gu p s i n c eI 9 7 8 .I n
t h a t y e a rv e r l i g t es t u d e n t s
c a m p a i g n e df o r a n o l l i c i a l r e f e r e n d u mo n m a k i n g S t e l l e rhro s c h m u l t i racial.
A petition calling for
t h e r e f e r e n d u mw a s c i r c u l a t e d ,a n d r a i s e dm o r e
t h a n 2 . 0 0 0s i g n a t u r e s
l ' h i s p e t i t i o n r v a sf i e r cely contested by cons e n ' a t i v es t u d e n t sA
. sinister right-uing gang
Mr Eric Mntonga, national co-ordinator of
the Wilson-Rowntrees
sweetboycott and East
London chairman of
the South African Allied Workers Union
(SAAWU), was has
been admitted to Johannesburg hospital
after apparentlytaking
e drug overdose.
ing trial in East London
a n d g e n e r a sl e c r e t a r yM r
Sam Kikine, who is on
bail are the othertwo.
Thus the Securitl Police casualtylist grows.
In 196-M
l r LS Ngudle
was one of the first to die
in detention.Official reas o n f o r t h e c a u s eo f d e a t h
-'suicide by hanging'.
s u i c i d e i n F e b r u a r Yt h i s
year.
O t h e r d e a t h si n d e t c r r t i o n i n c l u d et h o s c o l M r
A h m e d T i m o l r v h of e l l l 0
f l o o r sf r o m J o h n V o r s l e r
S q u a r e i n 1 9 7l ; M r J
M d l ul i
reason for
. d e a t hg i v e n u a : ' f a l l i n g
off a chair'. N'lr H Hafi.jee
rvho rvasfound hangedin
his ccll lc:s thln tirur
hoursa[ter hir arlert irr
1 9 7 7 .a n d M I B M z i z i .
ol'ficial causc ol death
a l s o g i rc n a s ' : u i c i J cb r
hanging'.
o
Matie moderLtes'migr ate
called 'Gons' emcrged.
conductingu ,rn.uI. .i.p a i g n a g a i n s tt h e v e r l i g t e
l e a d e r s .S o m e o t t h c m
r e c e i er d
i n t i mi d a ti r r g
p h t r n cc a l l :a n d r r c r ce r c n
t h r e a t e n e dw i t h r i o l c - n c e .
I he student parliam e n t ' sd e c i s i o ni : s e e nb 1
oh\er\ers as a brcakthrough u hich u ill leinforce the verligte arg u m e n tt h a t S o u t h . A l r i c a n p o l i t i c a l d er c l o p ment is in grave nccd ()f a
t c r l i a r l e d u c a t i o nr r s t c m
u n b o u n db 1 ' a p a r t h e i d .
p e o p l et h e r e t o r et.h e u n i l ' e r s i t i e sc' o m m i t m e n t t o
Acaderlic Freedom will
o n l y b e r e a l i s e dw h e n t h e
needs of the people are
b e i n g s e r v e da n d w h o s e
I'recdom necessarilvdep e n d so n t h c l ' r e e d o mt t l '
all South Alricans.
fhe [Jniversity tlura
,o/ continue to Present
an obstacle to that freedom'.
300 homes
threatened
with
r
lor
o
demolltlon
officials
Government
have threatened to demolish 300 homes in
CaPe
the Northern
township of Huhudi.
The occuPants are to
be banished to BoPhutatswana.
R e s i d e n t so f t h e t o r v n ship. frorn which the
black rvorkforcefor VrYburg is rcct'uited,watch;d as Norttrern CaPe
Administration Board
o f l i c i a l s i n s P e c t c dt h e i r
wgre
homcs. Homes
choscn at random bY
o l f i c i a l s .I h i s i s t h e f i l s t
p a r t o f a P l a t rt o r e l o c a t c
1 0 . 0 0 0H u h u d i r e s i d e n t s
in Bophutatswana.
Mr Matuamane Dikule. chairperson rrl'
community
Huhudi's
c o u n c i l .a c c o m p a n i e tdh e
go\crnmcnt inspectors
o n t h c i rt o u r . ' T h e 5t e l lu s
n o b o d l u i l l b e f o r c e dt o
n r o r c 'h c s a v r ' B u t w h e n
u'c ask rrhat rvill happen
t o I h t r s c$ h t r r c l u : c t h e v
cannotans\tcr'.
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Election manifestos
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CultureCommittcc
P u b l i c R e l a t i o n sO { l i c e r
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Students Arts C'ouncil
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Delegatcto Nusas.lulv Fcstiral.
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( S e c f e t a r))
Catholic Students' Strcietv
( P u b l i c a t i o n sO f i i c e r )
E c o n o m i cR e s e a r c hC o m n r .
S R C i P r o i e c t sC o n t m i t t e e .
D e l e g a t et o K a t b e r gS e m t n a r .
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N u s a s. l u l 1l - e s t i r a lP
Committee.
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Pro.jccts Conrntittce Member'
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Congress[)elegate.
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Seminar. N t.lSAS .luly ConI crence.
John Abramson
W h y s t a n df o r r e - c l e c t i o n
to thc
SRC.]
o The experiencegained f'rom a
term ol' ollice on the SRC is
e s s e n t i atlo e f l ' i c i e nlte a d e r s h i p .
o My involvement in Orien
t a t i o n( o m m i t t e c(,' o n s t iul t i ( ) n s
Cclmmittee and Culture C'orrnrittee has given me a rvorking
knowledge of student governmcnt and administrative
affairs.
I f e e l I c a n u s ct h i s c r p e r i e n c c
a n d k n o w l e d g et o t h e g r c a t c s t
a d v a n l a g eo f s t u d e n t s .W e n o tice a marked nccd lbr strong
a n d e . r p e r i e n c el d
e a d e r s h i pl .e a dership ol the kind I and m1,
c o l l e a g u e sa r e q u a l i l ' i e dt o p r o vide.
The SRC's involrcmcnt in
f:rcultycouncils ovcr thc past
y e a r h a s h a d b e n e f i c i a rl e s u l t s .
e s p e c i a l l yi n A r t s a n d C o m merce. Relling on crpcricnec
gainedthrough the SRC Cons t i t u t i u r rC
s o m m i t t e eI w i l l l v o r k
t o e x t e n dt h i s i n r " o l v e m e nats l a r
as possible.
o A specific conccrn rvill be
i n v e s t i g a t i o inn t o f a c u l t vc o u n c i l
c o n s t i t u t i o n si n o r d e r t o e n s u r e
t h e s m o o t h o p e r a t i o n o 1 't h c s c
s t u d e n t sb o d i e s .
a There is a desperateneed lirr
a n i m p r o v e dm e t h o do f a l t e r i n g
t a c u l t y b o a r d st o t h e g r i e v a n c e s
o l s t u d e n t sT. h i s c a n b ea c h i e v e d
b - " "S R C i n s t i t u t i o n o l ' d c l i n i t c
c h a n n e l se. s p e c i a l ltrh e g a i n i n g
ol' r oting rights lor studcnts
o b s e r v e r so n C o u n c i l . S e n a t c
a n d F a c u l t yB o a r d s .
O u r c o m m o n m a n i f e s t od c s c r i b c s m y p o l i t i c a ls t a n c c .l ) o l i t i c a l l e a d e r s h i pr e l i e su p o n t h e
p r t l v i s i o no f s e a r c h i n ga n d c r i t i c a l p c r c e p t i o no f i s s u e sl a c i n g
s t u d e n t se v e r y d a y . I r v i l l s t r i ' " ' e
for continuance through sem i n a r sa n d a w a r c n e s g
s roups.
l . a n d t h e m e m b e r so 1 [ ) E [ { S P E C I - I V E8 2 l e e lu , eh a r e t h c
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a n d i n l o l r e m e n ta r ea t e s t a r n c n t
t o o u l 1 1 p s 1 i s n c cS.u p p o r lu s i r t
o u r d c s i r ct o r e a c l .ot u r g o a l s .
Record:
t982B.A. lil
Paul Alexander
Ruth Becker
Having bccn on the SRC for a
y e a r . l b e l i e v et h a t e n o r m o u s
p o t e n t i a le x i s t sl o r u s t o b c l a r
n r o r e i n v o l v e dr n t h e [ j n r v e r s i t v
A t t h e U n i v e r s i t lr' v e .a s s t u d e n t .
than we are.As the bodi'which
h a v el i t t l es a y i n d c t e r m i n i n gt h e
co-ordinates a rvide range ol
s t r u c t u r e o l o u r c t r t r r s c s t. h e
s t u d e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n st h c S R C
q u a l i t l a n d a c c o u n t a b i l i nt ,t l < r u r
p r o v r d e st h e m a r n a l c a t b r t h i s
l e c t u r e so r t h e p o l i c i e so t o u r
irivolvcmcnt.
u n i v e r s i t ya d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
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.l
s t a n d f i r r a c t i . " ' cs t u d e n t
l c \ \ w ( ) m e nt r c t i r e l rp a r t i c i p a t c
p a r t i c i p a t i o n a t a l l l c . " , c l so l '
i n s t u - d e n to r g a n i s a t i o n sI.1 ' r e d e c i s i o n - r n a k i n gi n t h e t l n i e l e c t e dI r v o u l d m o t i r a t e o n t h e
r er s i t 1 , .
S R C f o r a p o r t f o l i o .s p c c i l i c a l l l ,
o I u i l l m a k e a c o n c e r t e dc l l i r r t
c t l n c e l n e du i t h W o m c r r ' si : s u c s .
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to strcngthen \tudcl)t repreportlbliocould takc up the
s e n ( a t i o no n F a c u l t t ( ' o u n c i l s
d e m a n d st i r r a c r e c h eo n c a n l t h r o u g h t h e s t r c a n t l i n i n so l t h e
p u s , s e x u a l l r a r : r s s - m e n t0 n
c l a s sr e p r e s e n t a t i \s, e\ , s t e n ra.n d
campus and spccilic rcs rules
o n t h eC o u n c i l a n dS c n a t co-l t h i s
lvhich women students find
[]nircrsitr'.
rest rict ir,e.
A s S o u t h A f r i c a n s t u d c n t sw e
I s t i l lb c l i e r vteh a t S e n r i n a r as r e
arc t'acedrvith a political realitv
a n a r e a l l ' h e r ew ' e c a n b r o a d e n
r v h i c hc a n n o t b e i g n o r e d .
our educationand cngagc in
o I b e l i c v e t h a t c o n s t r u c t i v e m o r e i n d e p t h d r s c u s s i o n .W e
dcbate around this realiti'is
s h o u l db e c o r n m i t t c dr r o tr r n l vt o
l l u p o r r a n ti n c r e a t i n ga b r o a d c r
d e m a n d i n gd c n t o c r a t i tp a r t i c i p a t i o n f o r o u r s c l t c si n a l l a r e a s
s o c i a l i i r v a r e n e sts> n c a m p u s . I
* i i l d o m 1 ' h e s t t o e n s u r et h a t
o l ' i t u d c n t c ( ) n c e r na t W i t s . b l r t
: u c h d e h a t ct a k c sP l a c e .
s h o u l da l s o \ r - r l l p ( ) or 'tth c r S o u t h
o I r v i l l a t a l l t i m c s o P p o s ea n )
Alrican Studcntsin thrs oel ( ) f l ) l ( ) l r l i s tI i r t t i t t i r l i o ni r t r t t t
mand.
u,ork on the SR('bc rt racial.
Brian l-e.,,eson.
llrcndan Barr''n
s e r u a lo r r c l i g i o u s .
and I are standing togcther
l l e e l t h a tm \ \ \ ( ) r ki n a r r t r i c t r
becausc rve feel that our c.ro f s t u d e n ts t r u c t u r c sh a s e r ; u i p pcricnce in different student
p e d m c t o c o n t n b u t cc l l c c t i r c l v o r g a n i s a t i o n se n a b l c s L l s i t s a
t o c l l i c i e n ts t u d c n g
t o \ c r n n t e n l . g r o u p t o r c p r c s c n t\ ( ) U n t o r e
R u t h B e c k c r .l l r a i n l - s r s s o n e f f e c t i v e l r 'V
. otc lirr us in this
and I stand t()gclltcr $ ith
eler'tion its tlrc lir':lrlen ilt
c r p c r i e n c ci r r l r a r i c t _ rt't l d i l p ar t i c i p a ti o n l
t e r c n t o r g a n i s a t i o n sa n d s t | u Record:
c t u r e s .W c t r i l l b e a h [ . t ( )c n \ u r c
1 9 7 8R o t a r r [ : r c h a n g eS t u d e n t
itn cllectirc locus tln stLrdcnt to Australia.
r s s u e so n t h e S R C . O u l c o r . n 1979 Socrolocr l ( lass l{cp.
m i t m e n t a n d e n t h u s i u s ni rs d i Tutol lirr Studcnt I utoring
r - c c t e dt t r r i a r c l st h c r c p r c s c n t - S e r r i c e .I ) e l e g a t et o E d u c a t i o n
Brendan Barrv
F o r t o o l o n g n o r . vt h e S R ( ' h a s
h e c n c o n t r o l l e db 1 ' a h i g h l y
p o l i t i c i s e de l i t e r r ' h o t o a . l a r g e
e x t e n ti g n o r c t h e i r r t e r e s tosl t h e
s t u d c n t st h c t c l r i n r t o r e p r c s c n t
I b e l i e r ' ei t- i s h i g h t i r n c t h a t w e
bring the SRC back to the
s t u d c n t s -W h i l e I r c c o g n i s ct h a t
p o l i t i e sh i t : ; t r , r l c .I u i l l s t r i r c t r r
p u t t h c s t u d e n tt i r s t b y :
o E n s u r i n gt h : r t m ( ) r el u n d s a r e
c h a n n c l l e dt o u ' a r d sS l ' L JD E N T O R I E N ' lA I E D p r o . j e c t s e . g .
Campus Scrvices, an lnterv a r s i t yc t c .
o K c e p i n gs t u d c n t si n l ' o r n r e d
ol'
S R ( - a c t i ri t i u r .a n d e n c o u l a g i n
inlormaIconsullatior.r.
a B e i n gi n R e s .m y s c l l l a n rr v e l
a u l r c o l t h c p r o b l e m sl a c e db y
I { c s .S t u d c n t s u
. n d I r v i l l u s em v
c r p c r i e n e ci n n c g o r i a t i n gr ri t i r
A d r n i n i s t r a t i < )t no c n s u r c t h a t
R e s .S t u d c n t sg c t a l a i r d c a l .
o W o r k i n g t o u , a r d sr e a l i s t i cr c l i r r n t o f t h e r . l t a r ka n d E x a r n
structure.
I b e l i c r . er h a t d y n a m i c a n d
p o s i t i r . ca c t i o n i s n e e d e di n a l l
t h c s ea r c a s .F i n a l l r ' l. a s k 1 ' o ut o
comparc rt.tv rccord 1o othcr
p c o p l c sp r o n l r s c s .
Record
BA III
V i c c - l ) r e s i d e n t .S t u d c n t s A r t s
C'ouncil.
Students Rep-Arts
Facultv
B o ar d .
S t u d e n t I i e p - R u l e sa n d I t e g u l a ti o n s ( ' t . l n r ni tt t c e .
S t u d e n t I t c ; r - S o c i aS
l cicnccs
C ' o r n mi t t e e .
( ' l a s sR c p : H i s t o r r l l l .
S c c r c t a r r 'S. , , \ ( ' i n t c r i r nM a n a g e n l ! - nct o n r r n i t t e e .
EOH Subctrrnnrittees.
M e m l - r c r s :P r o g r e s s i v eS t u d e n t sA s s o c i a t i o n .
Mentber: l)srchologt, Stu-
Record:
l 9 8 l - 1 9 8 2 I n t e r l a c u l t l 'R u g b y
Chairman.
lgxo lntcrlacultr C'omntittee
Faculn'
l98l-1982 Mcdical
S p t l r t sC o n r . c t i e r
1 9 8 0 .1 9 8 1 .l 9 t l 2 M e d i c sS p o r t s
I)a1'C)rganiser
Supported/Nominated by:
I)amon Bizos - SRC Deputy'
[ ) r e s i d e n( t1 9 8 1 2 )
G l e n H a i l ' e r C h a i r m a nA S C
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S p o r t , e s p e c i a l l yt e a m s p o r t h a s
long been known to be a grcat
a r c h i t e c t o 1 ' o n e ' sc h a r a c t e r .l n
contrast to other extramural
a c t i v i t i e ss, p o r t i s b y f a r t h e m o s t
beneficial activity for students
a n d s c h o l a r sa l i k e . M o s t s p o r t ing careerspeak around the age
o f 2 5 v e a r s tt h u s . i t i s e x t r e m e l l ,
d i s a p p o i n t i n gt o s e et h a t m a n )
students cease playing sport
a t ' t e r e r n b a r k i n go n u n i rc r s i t l
s tu di e s .
I a n H o l d i n g S A S q u a s hN o 2 .
I\'lSC PreJonathan Moch
s i d e n t( l 9 t t 2 )
B a s i lA b r a r r o * ' i t z M S C V i c e I ) r e s i d e n(t I 9 8 2 )
Medical
David Grolman
F a c u l t y R e p t o S R C ( I 9 8I i 2 ) .
Rag ExeMark Bukofzer
c u t i r e( 1 9 8 2 )
Wits Wits
S t e p h e nC ' o r n i s h
E d i t o r( 1 9 8 2 )
-l-he
reasonsarc multiple br"rt
i n c l u d et h c f o l l o u , i n g :
l. lack of motivation (pers o n a la n d e x t e r n a l )a. n d e f f i c i c n t
o rgan isatio n.
2 . i n s u l ' l ' i c i e ni nt t e r e r ts t i m u lation. due to lack of pcrsonal
a n d u n i v e r s i t y o r g a n i s e dc o m p e t i t i ( ) nt h a t i s ' i n t e r - r ' a l s i t i e s ' .
'inter-lacultics'
a n d s p o r t sd a 1 ' s .
3 . i n s u l ' f i c i e nitn t e r e s ts h o u ' n
b y t h e a c a d e m i cs t a f f i n t h e i r
o r v n f a c u l t y ' se x t r a m u r a l p a r t i cipation.
4 . p r o b l e m si n a c q u i s i t i o no l '
s p o r t se q u i p n r e n t .
Alms:
S p o r t - l n t e r r a r s i t cl ( ) n l p e t i t i o n
S p o r t - I n t e r l l c u l t rc ( ) m p c t i t i o n
r ta v
S p o r t A L l n i v e r s i t ! ' S P oD
(futurePlanning)
A [ J n i r e r s i $ 'S p o r t s
Sport
Shop.
r v h e r cP e r StudentScnices
t i n e n t e . g .d i s c o u n t s .
ol
I fecl the first responsibilitrs t u d e t - rgt 0 v e r n m e n ti s t o t h c i r
t h e s t u d e n t s .A s
electorate
s u e h .t h e S R C ' s t u n c t i t r l it : t t r
represerttthc studentsin as rnanY'
l i e l d sa s p o s s i b l e .
Whilst I do not denl'that the
S R C m a y 'v o i c ei t s o p i n i o ni n t h c
c a s e o f p o l i t i c a l i n i u s t i c c s .I
s u h n t i t h c P r o r i r t rt h a l :
l . t h e s e i n j u s t i c c sl l l u s t \ \ a rrant somment,
2 . t h o s e c o n r m e - n t i n sg h o u l d
b e t o t a l l v fa m i l i a r r v i t ht h e l ' a c t s
of thc situation.
3 . a c t i t t t r si n s t i t u t e do r c o l l l rnenl\ mudc should aim to
producc a Positive e{f'ect in
corrccting the in.!ustice.
I t h c r e l i r r eb e l i e r et h a t p o l i t i c s
i s n o t t h c P r i m e f u n c t i o no l t h c
S I { C a n d t i m e a n d f u n d ss h o u l d
vent
n o t b e d i s p r o P o r t i o n a t e ls-P
Daryl Chait
Fcllorv Part-tinrcrs.
I hare bcen a Pilrt-time
studentfor {our years.In this
period I har,'eexperiencedthc
m a n y g r i c v a n c etsh a t \ \ e a l l f a c e .
I f'eelit is my duty to see that
somcthingpositive is done to
i m p r o v eo u r p c t s i t i o r r
Current problems:
o O l e r t h e p a s t f ' c u ' y e a r sl l e
h a v e s e e na f a l l i n t h e P a s s - r a t e
a n d a s i n t u l t a n s o udse c l i n ci n t h c
s t a n d a r do f t u i t i o n .
a thcrc is lack ol cotnntunication betwecn Part-timc stustaff.
dents and l'acult-"o T h e d c p a r t r n e n t aoll l i c eh o u r s
do not catc1orthe Part-ttrners.
o l h e p a r k i n g l a c i l i t i c sl i r r t h e
part-time studcnt are inadeq u at c .
What will I do?
I r v i l l u s e t h e i n l l u c n c eo f t h e
SRC and thc lacultl'board to:
o I n v c s t i g a t et h e s t a n d a t ' do t
lecturing in gcncral artd thc
c r e d i ts ) s t c m .
a I n v e s t i g i t t ct h e s ) s t e n l c n l p l o y , e da t W i t s i n r c s p e c t o t h c
cun'elrt tivc lear accotlntancv
c ou r s e .
a l n V e s t i g a t et h c p a r k i n g p r o b l cn r s .
a l m p l e r n e n ti r r p r o v e m e n t s1 ' o r
o u r s c l r e sb a s c do n t h e f i n d i n g s
ol'mf investigations.
o P r r l t t t o t ch c t t c t u ( ) m 1 1 ) t l n i cation bet\\ccn Part-tinlcstu-
Anne du Plessis
W h ! s o I i t t l ec o n t a c tr v i t h o t h c r
campuses'l
W h a t i s t h e P r e s e r ; tS R C ' s
'student benefits''l
concept of
These are merely three of the
i s s u e st h a t c a m e t o m Y n l i n d a s
having been. il nol incomt o t a l l Yi g p e n t e n t l yh a n d l e d
nored b1'the SRC.
f h e P r O m i s e s t t l n r e\ i ( ) L l \
S R C m e m b e r sh a v c m e r e l vn o t
m a t e r i a l i s e!d
These haPpento be seri()Lls
issuesconcerningeachand evcrv
studcnt on camPus. As an
electoral candidate I do not
intend making any weak or
ineffectualpromisesmerelYto be
e l e c t e dt o a p o s i t i o no n t h e S R C
{ o r p e l s o n a lg a i n .
I t e n d a c t i r e l yt o g e t i n v o l v e d
a n d c h a n n e rl n ye n c r g l e lsn a \ \ a Y
t h a t i s b e n e f i c i atlo t h e s t u d e n t s
a s a t l t < t l ea n d n o t t o i n d i v i d u a l s
tirrming part ol a beauracracY!
frEnI at a cuirrcular \evel
. U n i \ , e r s i t !d e f i n i t e l yc a n b e a
d v n a m i ca n d e x c i t i n ge r p e r i e n c e
I t r r s t u d e n t so f a l l i n t e r e s t s .
a Financial need should not
deprive an1' student of'accesstcr
u n i r " e r s i t yl i.n t e n d t o i m p r o v e
b u r s a r ys' c h e m e a
s n d m a k et h e m
depcndent more trn l'inancia
n e e dt h a n o n a c a d e m i ca c h i e v e
ment.
a As the ccnlretrl inlirrmation
in the University the Library
must function in a smoothand
efficient way'. The chronic stalT
s h o r t a g e i s i n c o m p a t i b l er v i t h
this notion.
1 , { 1 ,p o l i t i c a l i d e a s a r e e n u m e r a t c di n ( ) u r c ( ) m m o n m a n i lesto. Thesc ideas ntust be
concrctisednot only through
n r a s sn r e e t i n g sb u t a l s o t h r o u g h
s e m i n a r s . p u b l i c a t i o n s .d e b a t e
l n d o th e r l o w p r o f i l e a c t i \i t i c s .
I a m c o m m i t t e d .e - r p e r i c n c e
a n d e n t h u s i a s t i cb u t n e e d y o u r
s u p p o r l t o a c h i e re t h e s ca i m s .
Record:
l9tt0 MBBCH l. Wits Squas
Lcaguc. Project: ('ommittee
M u l d e r s d r i f tC l i n i c .
1 9 8I M t s B ( ' h I l . S R C n t e m b e r
Vice-chairperson
SeminarsComnrittee, Wits Rcp to Nusas
C o n l e r e n c e .N u s a s H e a l t h D i r e c t i v c .I ' d i c a l S c h o o l I ) r o . i c c
Comrnittec.
l9U2 USc IIl. MSC Publicit
Officer, Editor Mednervs,Crit i c a l H e a l t h E d i t o r i a lC o l l 0 c t i v e
A d H o c N a t i o n a l M e d i c a lS t u dentsComrnittee.lndustrial Aid
Societv.
@
Medi cal
information
ON SRC
David Cohen
flaving been on the SR(' and
M S C I h a l e c o m c t o r e a l i s et h c
i u r p o r t u n c er l l e f ' l e c l i r ea c l i ( ) na s
o p p o s e d l o e n d l e : sd i s c u s s i o n .
en d
I h e S R C m u s tc o - o r d i n a t a
o r g a n i s cs t u d e n ta c t i v i t i e sT. h i s
can onll- be achit'r'e b1' strong
l e a d e r s h i p .I b c l i e v c t h a t r n ) '
c o l l e r g u ea
snd I in Perspccliic
'82 olfer this to
1'ou.
Thcre are several arcas ol
SRC activitieslhat nccd inrprovernent:
O S t i n t u i a t i o nr r f s t u d c n tp a r t i cipation in. and debatc about
i n t e r e s t i n ge. d u c a t i o n aal n d c u l tural cvents.
r I rvill investigateand tri,' to
f c c l i l ] \ r h r S l t ( ' u t t i r i l i c sa r t '
not ol' intercsto moststudcnts.
T h c g a p b c t u ' e c nt h e S R C a n d
s t u d e n t sm u s t b e b r i d g c d .
o Betlermeno
t f'our uncritical
i r r t dl i r r t i t e .t lt n i tc t s i t rd ( l u e a r i ( r n
elections
'... We have found no clea
connection between excessl
masterbation and student Pc
litics...'
Pag€ lE, Report ofthe Surgeo
General 1978.
'We
iouna a highcorrolatio
between non-voting and failur
o r i e n t a t e dp a t t e r n s . .. S t u d e n t
who voted did better in exam
nations, were more sociall
acceptable
and had fewercavitie
Page 23 Report of the Surgeo
General 1978.
' l n o n e c a s ew e c a m e a c r o
three women all of who
claimed to be over one hundrr
years old. When questiont
about their life-styles all tl
women were eager to link the
old age with voting in SR
elections'.
Page 35 Report of Surge<
Richard Metcalfe
Friends,
ln the past few years the
radical left have come to regard
it as their divine right to be
entrusted rvith the administration of student government.
The result hereof can be readily
p e r c e i v e db y t h e n e g a t i v ei m a g e
which Wits enjoys in the eyesof
the public. It is tinre that our
esteemed lJniversity was once
more restored to its rightful
placeof respect.and responsibile
student government was lnstalled. The mode rvhereinthis
can be achieved is for the
student-body to reject the radical element in the present
elections.
R e p a r t - t i m es t u d e n t si n s p e c i fic, there is a total failure by
l e c t u r e r st o a p p r e c i a t eo u r u n i que problems in contra-dist i n c t i o n t o t h e p r o b l e m so f f u l l time students. Lecturers, when
handing olt preparation for
l e c t u r e sa n d t u t o r i a l sf a i l t o t a k e
cognisanceof the fact that parttimers do not have the same
quantit] of preparation time
that full-time studenrsenjoy.
T h i s r e s u l t si n u n b e a r a b l ew o r k loads on part-timers and prob l e m sw i t h c o u r s e s .
If electedI propose to rectify
t h i s a n d o t h e r p r o b l e m su n i q u e
to part-timersby making representations to the relevant
a u t h o r i t i e s .I n a d d i t i o n I w i l l
seek constant feed-back from
p a r t - t i m es t u d e n t sr e t h e i r p a r ticular problems. The most
p e c u n i o u sm e m b e r so f t h e s t u dent-body are the least voluble.
This is due to the lack of
representationand has resulted
in part-timers interests being
ignored and ridden rough-shod
o v e r . T h i s p r o b l e mc a n a l s o b e
remedied bv decent representation rvhich Ibelieve I can
provide.
T h u s l f y o u d e s i r et o s e e :
( a ) t h e r e i n s t a t e m e notf W i t ' s
respect.
(b) more effective representatlon.
(c) a better deal for partIlmers.
Then \ ote l()r,me.
Record:
l 9 ' 7 ' / - 1 9 7B9 a c h e l o ro f A r t s ( B A )
I 980-1982 Bachelor o1' Larv
(r.LB)
l 9 t lt - 1 9 8 2
Public
Rclations
Supported by:
Glen Lambert
President,
Commerce Students Council
and SRC Conrmerce Representative.
Tony Leon - President, Law
S t u d e n t sC o u n c i l .
Sam Cohen
SRC VicePresident.
Adriaan Jooste
Commerce
Students Council, Vice-President.
Andy Pike
Law Students
Council, Chairman of Law
Forum.
Sandy Lipschitz , SRC Law
Rep.
Dianne Nicholson -- Deputy
V i c e - P r e s i d e nC
t o m m e r c eS t u d e n t sC o u n c i l .
and capabilitiesof the Positive
Action ticket I can help make
yOur stay at varsily a more
m e m o r a b l ea n d m e a n i n g f uol n e .
I offer Pr.r.ilileAction.t I have
b e e nt o l d I h a v ea b i g m o u t ha n d
b e l i e v em e . I w o n ' t h e s i t a t et o
u s ei t . A g o o d S R C i s n o t m a d e
o n e m p t y p r o m i s e sa n d h o t a i r .
b u t g e t t i n go f f o u r b u t t s . l i s t e n r n gt o s t u d e n rnse e d s a n pd u t t i n g
them in action.
GET OFF YOUR BTJTT!
VOTE I,IEBMAN!
Record:
King David
Linksfield
Matriculated DamelinCollege
BA III Majoring
Political
S c i e n c ea n d l n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l at i o n s .
Member SAUJS.
Ruth Becker, Brendan Barry
a n d I a r e s t a n d i n gt o g e t h e r a s w ;
share common goals as South
African studentsas regardsour
v r e w so n e d u c a t i o na n d p o l i t i c a l
l ssues.
Record:
I 9 7 9S A V S
I 9 8 OS A V S
1 9 8| S A V S a n d d e l e g a t e t o
Nusas Congress.
1982 SAVS and Nusas July
Festival.
Avrom Sevell
Bradley Liebman
Most peopleregardthe S RC'asa
joke and thereforedo not even
waste their time voting.
However the SRC should
make student life more active
and e.xciting,starting with stud e n t s e r v i c c sa n d o r g a n i s a t i o n s
to making the students more
politically and socially arvareof
t h e i r e n v i r o n m e n t .R e m e m b e r .
t h e S R C i s s p e n d i n gy o u r h a r d earned money!
I t is vital for studentsto havea
s a y i n t h e i r S R ( ' . b y v o t i n gi n a
responsible,effective candidate
who will represent |our ideals
and needs.The SRC cAn therefore serveyou more effectively
and cease to be a distant
n e b u l o u se n t i t y .
I believeI can offer you such
an option.
Firstly, I won't make empty
promisesu,hichI probablycould
not fulfil.
What I can do ls promote
student intereststo the best of
my abilitiesF
. i r s ta n d f o r e m o s t ,
thc S RC should look after
s t u d e n ts e r r i c e sa n d a c t i r i t i e s ,
and not be used .sr.,/e/r'for
p o l i t i c a l e n d sH
. o w e v e ri t s h o u l d
c o n t i n u et o p u r s u er t sc o u r s ef o r
acadentic freedom and the enl i g h t m e n t o f t h e s t u d e n tp o p u l a t i o n t o v a r i o u sp o l i t i c a li s s u e s .
I a n r o p p o s e dt o a n y r a c i s r no r .
s e x i s mo n t h ec a m p u s h
. o r v e v eIr
do believe in expression of
p o l i t i c a li d e a l sr v i t h o u th a r m f u l
p r o v o c alto n .
l-ike you I am an ordinarv
s t u d c n t w i t h t h e s a n r eh a s s l e s
TL-^,,.-L
rL^
Brian Leveson
I t i s o n l y p o s s r b l et o a c q u l r e
organisationalexperiencein student affairs through hard and
c o m m i t t e dw o r k .
I have been involved in
SAVS (a student organisation
r v h i c hb u i l d ss c h o o l sa n d c l i n i c s
in the rural areas)for 4 years.
H a v i n g a c q u i r e dm a n y s k i l l s
t h r o u g ht h i s l o n g i n v o l v e m e n tI.
.feel justified in standing for
SRC,
My attitude to studentaffairs
has been inlluencedand sobered
by SAVS work. Having operated both on and off-campus I
have beenstruck by the fact that
in South Africa politicsis part of
every one ol' our lives and we
s i m p l vc a n n o t i s n o r et h i s .
It is important therefore to
confront issues, however, we
m u s ts e eo u r r o l ei n i t sc o n t e x t .I t
is necessaryfirst and foremost
that we alter our focusto achieve
more control of our academic
l i v e si n a l l s p h e r e sf .r o m a b e t t e r
c l a s s - r e ps y s t e m . D P r e q u i r e m e n t s ;s l a n d a r d so f l e c t u r i n gt o
p a r t i c i p a t i o ni n d e t e r m i n i n go u r
curricula.
Through more effective student representation with a
'down ground'focus.
to
I believe
this can be initiated.
The SRC's resourcesshould
also be rnore effectivelyutilised
to provide for additionaleduc a t i v ei n p u t . . . t h r o u g h t h e c o rodinated action of different
s t u d e n to r g a n i s a t i o nas n d m o r e
broadlv based senrinar pro-
As a 4th year studentI havebeen
able to see what the SRC has
d o n e f o r t h e W i t s s t u d e n to v e r
the past few years.
My conclusion
very lirtle
for the averagestudent
A s a l i b e r a l I b e l i e v et h a t i t i s
necessaryto do away with the
unjustlaws in this countrv and
you, the Wits student. has to
p l a y a r o l e i n t h e c h a n g e .b u t
without forgetting that you are
./ir.stand .fore,nosta student.
There is not enough student
solidarity and many studentsfeeI
that the SRC is a farce. as it
tends to place the political
situation of this country, and
often of other countries. above
t h e i n t e r e s t so f t h e s t u d e n t s .
T h i s d o e sn s o tm e a nt h a t t h e r e
should be no political awareness
amongst students, but rather
that politics should not overw h e l m o t h e r s t u d e n ti n t e r e s t s .
When electedI will strive for:
. , 4 / / s t u d e n t ss u p p o r t i n g a n d
participatingin an SRC that
p r o m o t e s y o u r i n t e r e s t sa s a
s t u d e n tl ' i r s t .
o M o r e m e a n i n g f u lc o n t a c tb e t w e e n t h e s t u d e n rb o d y a n d t h e
administration.working
together towards academic freeddom.
o More involvement by all
w o m e n s t u d e n t si n t h e w o r k i n s s
of thc SRC and the Universiti.
a A g r e a t e rc o n t a c tb e t w e c nt h e
different facultiesat Wits. creatrng student togetherness and
e n a b l i n gt h e s t u d e n t st o f e e lI i k e
an integralpart 01'the University.We needto createa Wits
idcntity.
By ..vorking on the Positive
Action ticket I feel that with
y o u r v o t e I c a n r v o r kt o a c h i e v e
t h e s es o a l s .
H r g h l a n d sN o r t h H i g h S c h o o l
m e m b e rS J A
Matriculated DamelinCollege
C o m p l e t e d3 r d Y e a r
Majored in Political Science
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l.€;i4.@t(t.q +
nlireo L lP ':
Vice-President of psvchologicalAssociation.
P s y c h o l o g yT u t o r
D e l e g a t et o N u s a sF e s t i v a l
E c o n o n r i cR e s e a r c hC o m m .
1982
SR C . C h a i r p e r s o no l ' A c a d e m i c F r e e d o mC o m m i t r e e .
Senate Academic Freedom
Committee.
S R C R e p t o E c o n o m i cR e s e a r c hC o m m i t t e e .
SASTS Direcror
Gavin Rabinowitz
%r.t;;-,;d
Lloyd Vogelman
A s a n S R C m c m b e ra n d a c t i v e
participant in student governm e n t f o r a n u m b e r o f 1 - e a r sI,
believe I have gained the experience to provide for responsible and well directed
l e a d e r s h i po n r h e S R ( ' . T h i s
d o e s n o t o n l y m e a n r v i t h i nt h e
p o l i t i c a ls p h e r eb u t i n e v e r ya r e a
of a student'slil'e.
I-o lunction efl'ectivelv the
SRC must reflect the rvishes
a n d d e s i r e so f s t u d e n t s .l n d o . i n g
lhis the SRC should spareno
:l'fo rt.
Suggestions:
. Opinion polls to guagestud e n t s o p i n i o n so n v a r i o u sm a t tersshouldbe conducted.
o Public speakingforums should
b e e s t a b l i s h e dt o d e b a t ea w i d e
range of issues.
l n t h e p a s t ,t h e S R C h a so l t e n
failed to provide mature leaders h i p . D o g m a t i s mm u s tb e c o m ea
thing of the past.
Suggestions:
a M o r e s t r i n g e n tr u l e s o f c o n duct must be constituted to
aloid the problems of prov o c a t i o na n d v i o l e n c e .
a Rational academic debate
shouldbe encouraged.
E s s e n t i a l ltyh e S R C ' sr o l ei s t o
p r o t e c t s t u d e n t i n t e r e s t sa n d
i n c r e a s es t u d e n t r i g h t s . T o d o
t h i s w e a s s t u d e n t sm u s t c o n t i n u a l l y c h a l l e n g eo u r l e c t u r e r s
a n d t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o nB
. ut this
c a n n o tb e d o n e i n d i v i d L r a l l ,tvh.e
. S R Cm u s t p r o v i d es u p p o r t .
Suggestions:
o A f o r u m t o c h a n n e ls t u d e n t s
grievances hould be set up
debates rvith deans: lecturer
e v a l u a t i o ns c h e m e se t c .
o R e g u l a rr e p o r t b a c k so n S R C
activit ies.
I t i s t h e s ei d c a s ,w h i c h I a n d
m y c o l l e a g u eos n P e r s p e c t i v e ' t l 2
h o p e t o i m p l e m e n t .t o a c h i c v e
t h i sW E N E E D Y O U R V O T E :
Record:
1 9 7 8 P s y c h o l o g yl . C l a s s R e p .
R e p r e s e n t e dR h o d e s i n c r i c k e t
and hockey.
1 9 7 9S t u d e n t l ' u t o r i n g S e n i c e
C o m m i t t e eS
, o c i a lA c t i o n C o m mittee.
l 9 l { 0 P r o j e c t sC o m m i r t e c .
E c o n o m i cR e s e a r c hC o n r m .
to NusasCongress
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wi:,
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David Ovenden
T h i s y e a ro n t h e S R C I h a v eh e l d
severalke1,portl'olios.I feelthat
r v i t h t h e s es k i l l s . I s h o u l d s t a n d
for re-eleclion.in the hope that I
c a n b e n e f i ts t u d e n t s .
T h e r e c e n et s c a l a t i o o
nfevents
o n c a m p u sh a s i n d i c a t c da c l e a r
l a c ko f s t r o n gl e a d e r s h i p
ntimcs
o f c r i s i s .T l r es u c c e sosf t h e S R C
d e p e n d so n i t s u s co l d i a l o g u et o
c o n s t a n t l ym o n i t o r s t u d e n tl ' e e l i n g s .T h i s s h o u l db e e n c o u r a g e d
b y e a s i e ra c c e s st o t h e S R C v i a
r v o r k a b l eg r i e v a n c ec h a n n e l s .
W e s h o u l dn e v e rl o o s es i g h to l
t h e f u n d a m e n t a li s s u e so f o u r
s o c i e t yw
; e c a n n o tt o l e r a t ee i t h e r
racism ol arbitrarl securilr
l e g i s l a t i o nH
. o w e v c rt h c b u l k o 1 '
SR C r v o r k i s u n s e c n
a d m i n i s t r a t i v ew o r k . F o r t h r s
reason the SRC nrust have
l e a d e r s h i pr v i t h p r o v c n b u r c a u c r a t i cs k i l l s .T h e d i s r u p t i v ec f f c c t
ol'new S RC's negatesthe benefit
o f c o n l i n u i t vb e t w e e ns u c c e s s i v e
terms of olTice.
I am standingon the l)ers p e c t i v e ' l J t2i c k c t b e c a u s eI f i c l
rve olfer the full spectrum ol'
e x p c r i c n c et .h e n e c e s s a rlvc a d e r s h i p a n d c o n s e n s u so n k e y
issues.
To achicvc thcsc goals WE
NEED YOUR VOTE!
Record:
l9lll Gold Club Chairperson.
I 9 8I n S C C o l o u r s A r v a r d s
Committee
l 9 t t l , 2 A S C R e pt o S I { C
S R C H o n o r a r v ' Ir c a s u r c r '
SRC Constitutions ('hairperson
S R C l n t e r v a r s i t (v' h a i r p e r s o n
SRC Repto AIES[:C Erec.
Financial l{csourccs AIloc a t i 0 nC o n r m i t t o c
l 9 l l 2 t ] . ( ' o r n r n( t - c g a l )t l l
'l-utor
Econonrics
Goll ClubChairpcrson
M a n d a t c d S I i C n r c u r b e r st:o
s e t u p d i s c o u l r t\ p ( ) r t ss h o p o t t
( ' rn r n l l s( r r r i r l - S e n t e n t h c r )
become lar too
r e c c n t\ e a r s . I a m t h u s m a k i n g
n - r v s eal Iv a i l a b l et o w o r k f o r y o u .
t h e s t u d e n t ,t o p r o r , i d ec o n c r e t e
studenl benefits lirr all and
s un d r v .
l l e l e c t c dI w ' i l l s t r i v e f o r t h e
l'ollorving:
o A f a s t f o o d f r a n c h i s eo u t s r d e
Senate House. I have long
e x p e r i e n c ei n t h e m a r k c t i n g o f
chicken.
a S u m m a r ys u s p e n s i o o
nf studenls rvho r,'iolatethe present
p a r k i n g b 1 , - l a w sF
. or too long
studentshave stood by rvhile
l o u t s h a re b l o c k e d - u pd r i v e ul y s
a n d h a v et a k e nu p o t h e rs t u d e n t s
p a r k i n g b a 1 ' s .I r v i l l d e a l w i t h
p a r k i n g o f f e n d e r sr u t h l e s s l v o I will work for the centralis a t i o n o f p o r v e ri n t h e h a n d so l '
t h e S R C . T o m a n v n a i v ec a n d i d a t e s p r o m i s et o ' r e p r e s e nsl l u dentvicwso
' n t h eS R c . B u t a sw c
a l l k n o r v s t u d e n t sa r e a p a t h e t i c
a n d u o u l d r a t h e rh a v ed e c i s i o n s
m a d eI o r t h e m . F o r t h i s r e a s o nI
a d v o c a t e t h a t m i r r d l e s se v e n t s
r v h i c hs e e kt o e n c o u r a g es t u d e n t
participation like SRC elections
b e a b o l i s h e d .I r v i l l t h u s
s t r i v e t o u n d e r m i n et h e a u t h o r i t v o l t h e e l e c t e dS R C a n d u ' o r k
f'or a permanently appointed
n o n - p o l i t i c aS
l RC.
I n t h e p a s t . a l l a t t c - n t i o nr v a s
directcd towards student poli'l-he
tics.
cultural portl'olio $'as
given to anvone rvho rvas prepared to acceptit. I i'eelthat it is
about tirle that this portlblio is
t a k e n m o r e s e r i o u s l l ,a. n d t h e r c l i r r e I h u r e d e c i d c dI o c a * n r ' * n
tbr this postspecifically.
I h e [ ] n i v e r s i ti]r i r m e l r i n gp o t
of many lalentsand inrerests.
covenr.tgthe rvhole cultural
s p e c t r u m .l t i s n o r v t h a t t h e s e
t a l e n t ss h o u l d b e c x p o s e d ,a n c l
lntereslscatcred for.
ln the past the work I h:rvc
done in the cultural arcna has
given me a great amount of'
e x p e r i c n c e .l - h i s r v a s a l l d o n e
o I rvill undertake to help
i n d e p e n d e n t l yo l ' t h e S R C .
crcate a totallv indepcndent
T h c r e t o r e .w i t h v o u r h e l p . I c a n
c a m p u s .1 - h i sc a m p u s m u s t , ? ( r ,
a c h i e v cl ' a r m o r e o n t h c S R C .
be a rellection ol society but
which has the porver, finance
rather presentthe ideal of what
a n d s u p p o r t t o h e ' l pc a r r y o u l
societv should be. Love. peace
e\en m()rru
: m h i t i o u sp r t r - j e c t s .
and free market forces will thus
S o m e e n v i s a g c dp r o j e c t sa r e :
be mv constant watchwords.
l. Increasethe number ol'
T o t h i s e n d I w i l l a l s o ss t r i v e
concerts
.jazz,classical,rock
f o r t h e a b o l i t i o no f t h e C a m p u s
and lblk. both indoor antl
Health Service. the [-egal Aid
o u t do o r .
C l i n i c a n d t h e C o u n s e l l i n ga n d
2. Crcate a forum rvhcrc
('areers Unit. Il Wits is to
people can have dcbatesand
representan ideal societv,sickly
d i s c u s s i o nosn a r t . r n u s i c d, r a n r a
s t u d e n t s ,t h i e v e s a n d l u n a t i c s
and literature.
must be banished liom our
J. Increase cultural liaison
doors.
between all unirersities and
o F i n a l l y 'I w i l l e a r n e s t l ya p p l y
cultural centres. that is the
r n 1 ' s e tl lo t h e r e m o v a lo f ' a l lt r e e s
M a r k e t ' l ' h e a t r e .a n d t h e n e r r
a n d o p e n s p a c co l t C a m p u s .I
PerlbrrningArts ('entre.
b e l i e v et h a t t h e s c s u r r o u n d i n g s
d e t l l c t s l u d c n t sf ' r o mt h c i r : t u Record:
dies and lead them into un1 9 8 2B A I I I L e g a l
p r o d u c t i v ec o n t e m p l a t i o nI. r v i l l
l 9 l l 2 V o t c eo l W i t r t x e c u t i r c
thus support currenl plans to
1 9 8 2C ' h a i r p c r s o.nl u m pa n d . l i re
build a Fission Unit on the
Jatt CIub
L i b r a r y l a w ' n sa n d w i l l a d d r n y
l 9 U 2S A t i J S m e m b e r .
v o i c el o t h e c a l l l b r t h ea b o l i t i o n
F O R A C T ] I , T T J R A I ,B I , I T Z
ol all regetation not dircctly
VOT[] R..{BINOWITZ
r e l e v a n tt o s t u d c n t sc' c l u r s e s .
Col.'Sonny' du Plessisity
Fellou scholars,
I have been inrolved in
s t u d e n t p o l i t i c sI o r r n a n \ ' \ , e a r s
a n d I h a r e s e e nt h c S R ( ' . a n d
h o u ' i t f i r n c t i o n sf.r t r r nt h e i n s i d e .
Record:
1 9 7 1 - 1 9 8 2P r e s i d e n tI r , o r y
'l'owcr
M e r c h a n l sA s s o c .
1982 President (ireenceaceEnr .i r o n n r c n t a lS o c i e t v .
1977-l9U0
Student disiplinary
committee.
1 9 8I W i n n e r C N A b o o k a w a r d
( f i c t i o n )( f o r P H D t h e s i s
'Scholarl1,,
behaviourin young
pilmatcs'
l 9 6 t t -1 9 7 2 G o v e r n i n gb o a r d .
Ilorstal Bol s Relbrnratorr,.
1 9 8 0\ i x o n a r r a r t l l o r . i n t e r national promotion ol' student
rights.
l9li2 Kent StateI\,lernorial
a r ra r d f i r r r e s t r a i n t u n d e r
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I am at presentdoing a senous
programme of research into
your beautiful Republic, and
would like to gain as much
knowledgeabout it as possiblein
every aspectof its structure.
The South African ambassador country has helped me
considerably in my studies, by
giving me some of his valuable
time and also by giving me a
beautiful book 'Official Yearb o o k o f t h e R e p u b l i co f S o u t h
Africa', which I felt was a very
valuable and generous gesture
on his behalf. however. I have
come to a stage in my studies
where I fell that I need to
conversein writing with. som.ebody who is living^
the
^in
Republic of South Africa
-at
present, hence, my reason for
writing to you, in the hop.ethat
you can help rne with my
request'
what I really needisa pen pal
and if possible a student, and
your University rvas highly recomnrendedto me
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and have lound that not only
have they beenable to help that
prisoner live a more honestand
iruitiut life. but in rerurn they
also have gained much from
such a relaiionship, ie a mucn
deeoer underrtund-ineinto the
h u m a n n a t u r eo f t h i r q s .
I rvould like and truely be
grateful to you, if you would
ilu.. n.,yrequeston thestudents
notice board, along with my
3. My interest are, reading,
swimming, yoga, music. but my
greatest intireit is the Republic
of South Africa, and its people,
its history and hopes for the
future.
I w o u l d l i k e t o a p o l o g i s ef o r
any inconveniencethat my request may cause you and for
imposing upon your valuable
time
personalinform"ation'onmyself.
l. t am thirty years of age.
2. I am serving a l2-year
-and
sentence for poisessing
converting fire_irms wittout a
licence (rihich is illegal in this
country).
c. wing
H.M. piison
parkhurst
Newport
I.W.
p 030 5 NX
United Kingdom
I rearise
rhatmy presenr l:T''i"#,?i';l: ^,ojJ.':j;'J il:T'!jil|'n'"*
address and predicament
may
cause you some misgivings. I
would probably f'eel the same
way myself if I were in your
position, but many thousandsof
people have becomepe.nfriends
with prisonersall over the world.
Big eatsfor CommercesAr.rJ
The Commerce StudentsCouncil, the only representativebody
of the Commerce Studenrs rs
p r o u d t o a n n o u n c et h e i n c e p t i o n
of an Annual CommerceDinner
and Dance.
Up until now the Commerce
group at Wits has been loosely
handled and poorly controlled,
but with the aid of certain
activities planned for the remainderof the year, and the first
half of next year. we the CSC
hope to unite, and tie the
C o m m e r c e S t u d e n t su p i n t o a
c l o s e l yk n i t u n i t , t h a t w i l l b e a b l e
to challenge. the Arts, the
Engineers,the Medics, and all
other faculties,to prove the true
and worthy supremacy of the
Commerce Faculty.
We are. and those before us
havealwaysbeenthe bestfaculty
o n c a m p u s ,a n d t o c a r r v o n t h e
tradition our predecessorslaid
down we have to stick together
and operateas a united laculty.
Our new programme wlll be
i n a u g u r a t e db y t h e D i n n e r a n d
Dance, where we hope to have
the new Chancellorand DeputyC h a n c e l l o ro f t h e U n i v e r s i t ya s
our official guests.And it is for
this that we urge your support.
The successof this and all other
ventureswe embark on, depends
o n y o u r s u p p o r t .W e n e e de v e r y
C o m m e r c es t u d e n tt o w o r k w i t h
u s . i n b u i l d i n gu p o u r i m a g ea n d
worth. not only on campus.but
i n t h e e y e so f t h e p u b l i ca n d o u r
r i v a l u n i v e r s i t i e sN. o t o n l y i s t h e
Commerce laculty supreme at
Wits. but it is also the largest,
and most important Commerce
faculty in Africa. and as such
shouldbe supportedand handled
with due respect.
What we ask of eachand everv
Commerce student, is feedback,
i d e a s ,a n d s u p p o r t .
We are about to embark on
the inception of a Commerce
Council Film Club as well, to
raise much rreededfunds for all
the el'ents rve plan to have, rve
CIC
have the support of
Warner, in securing the most
recently distributed films, as
soon as thel comeonto circuit.
and there will be weekly film
s h o u : . e v e r y F r i d a y e v e n i n g .i n
e i t h e rS H 8 5 o r S H 6 .
The film season will begin
with a viewing of the film, The
Prince of the City, with Treat
W i l l i a m s w h o h a s b e e ni n f i l m s
of the calibre of Hair, etc on
Friday 20 August.
('S(' ProjectsCo-ordinalor
SRC GENERALELECTION
Pollingboothsare openon Tuesday24 August
f rom B am to 4.45pm at the followingvenues.
Architecture John Moffatfoyer
SenateHouseConcourse
Arts
BusinessAdmin GSBAreception
SenateHouseConcourse
Commerce
Dentistry
StudentsCommonRoom,
DentalHospital
Education
SenateHouseConcourse
Engineering SW Engineering
Buildingfoyer
Law
SenateHouseConcourse
Medicinell-Vl New MedicalSchoolfoyer
SenateHouseConcourse
MedicineI
(All branches)
SenateHouseConcourse
Science
From4.45pm to 7 09,pmalllcollingooothswill
under
l\.
Ilre
Alter SAUJS put up posters
claiming that the PLO rs massacring Chiistians in the Middle
East, I decided to do some
investigating.
It soon became clear to me
that the PLO has not been
massacring Christians, but def'ending Palestinian civilians
against the mercilessattacks of
fascist-inspiredmilitias.
W h i l e i t s e e m st l r a r a t r o c i t i e s
have been committeed by both
sides in the Lebanesecivil war,
there is no doubt that the
P h a l a n g i s t s( w h o d r a w i n s p i r ation from Franco's'Christians'
o f t h e S p a n i s hC i v i l W a r ) a n d
the Haddaditesof the south are
the more reprehensibleof the
two forces pitted against each
other in the region.
The so-called'Christians' are
racists, who concern is not
simply to evict the PLO from
Lebanon but to boot out half a
million civilian refugees who
originall-ycame to Lebanon to
escapethe blood-thirsty Hashem i t e m i n o r i t yi n J o r d a n .
History has shown that witho u t t h e P L O d e f e n d i n gt h e m ,t h e
Palestinianmassesbecomeeasy
prey for thesefascist'Christians'
who do not hesitateto massacre
h u n d r e d s o f c i v i l i a n s .A n d y e t
t h e s e L e b a n e s eb l a c k s h i r t sa r e
supported by Israel
which is
ironical given that the Jewish
state's legitimacy is alleged to
rest in part on the wrongs done
to the Jews by Hitler's Nazi
Regime.
SAUJS should credit univ e r s i t y s t u d c n t sw i t h s o m e i n telligenceand not attempt to get
awa-yrvith shamelessdistortions
ol truth.
Lebanonnot occupied Israel
rmpenallsm
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I must expressmy dismay over,
and contempt for part of the
editorial appearing in your last
issueof Wits Student ( I L8.82). I
am referring to the second part
of that 3-part editorial. How on
earth can you equatethe conflict
in Lebanon with (among other
things) the Soviet occupationof
Afghanistan? Is it your impressionthat the Sovietsactedin
self-defenseor that Afghanistan
constituteda threat to the future
survival of the Soviet Union?
The Israeli 'occupation' of
Lebanon. as you call it. is a
military action designedto get
rid of the threat to the lives of
Israeli citizens living in the
northern Gallilee. A situation
under which children have to
constantly remain in underground shelterscannot be tole-
r a t e d - h e n c et h e n a m e ' P e a c e
for Gallilee'. The lsraeli Prime
Minister. Menachem Begin,has
repeatedlystatedthat Israeldoes
not covet one square inch of
Lebaneseterritorv.
In the seven years that the
PLO have been in Lebanon.
more than 100000 civilianshave
been killed. You have the
audacity to blame Israel for
casualties that were unavoidable. becauseof the fact that the
PLO fighters positioned thems c l v e sa m o n g s t t h e c i v i l i a n s effectively creating a human
shieldfor themselves.
Over 7 000
Israeli civilians have also been
murdered(includingthe raidson
children at M6alot and Misgav
Am) by fighterswho have never
once dared to attack an lsraeli
m i l i t a r y i n s t a l l a t i o nT. a l k a b o u t
respectfor civilian Iife!
Let me restate your second
last paragraph('lt is time . . .'). It
is time that studentscountedthe
c o s t o f t h e P L O o c c u p a t i o no f
Lebanon in human terms, so
that we can avoid the death of
another 100 000 Lebaneseand
thousands of lsraelis, whose
only desireis to live in peace.It is
also time that the world at large
stopped using the Israeli attack
into lebanonas an excuseto vent
their anti-semitism.and here I
refer in particular to the hypoc r i s yo f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n sa n d
t h e r e c e n tm u r d e r si n P a r i s .
Danny Berger
B . E c o n .S c I I I
'f m not a racist'-BComm1
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I wish forthwith to disassociatemyself from the headline to my previousletterand the
inferencesstated in the editorial
leaderthat imply I havechanged
my stand on the Black Rights
and that I am now racist.
Your conclusions and statements are totally erroneous.I am
merely in the processof rational
debate within myself that you
advocate.As I statedin the part
of my letter that was so conviently left out, I am not, nor can
I ever be racrst. I am sorry tor
any racist inferencethat came
a b o u l . R a t h e r .I w a sq u e s t i o n i n g
the reasoning behind the conclusions drawn by the Black
peoples and their foundations
which seema bit absurd. Hence
my Hennie Smit statement.That
does not mean to say thai I
endorsethat statement.
Also, their stand that they are
n o t A n t i - J e w .b u t A n t i - Z i o n i s ti s
b u l l s h i t .Z i o n i s m i s t h e c a l l f o r
the establishmentof the Jewish
state. How in all fairnesscan I
really be expectedto support the
Black peoplesin their questfor a
national identity whn they call
for the abolishment of mine'l
Who is really racist'l That is
where my internal debatelies as
concerningthe Black peoples.
BCom I Student
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Indignation
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I find it ironical that many
Zionists who claim to be Liberal
or even Left are quite happy to
identifv with known racistsand
right-wing extremists when it
comes to the volatile politics of
the Middle East.
W h a t i s s u r p r i s i n gi s n o t t h a t
right-wingersidentify with lsrael
- Zionists are usually eagerto
point to the parallels between
I s r a e la n d S o u t h A f r i c a - b u t
that supposedly'progressiv
people do as well.
How can any person who
recognisesthe Llnited Statesand
its fascist Third World alliesas
the enemiesof humankind. still
s u p p o r t l s r a e l ,a c o u n t r y w h i c h
dependson the United Statesfor
its survival, which supported
Somoza'sNicaraguaand the old
south Vietnamese R6gime, and
which now supports Zaire and
South Africa?
This is even more remarkable
in the light of the fact that it is
fighting an organisation - the
uhich supports antiPLO
Imperialist Liberation Movements the world over.
Anti-lmperialist Jew
Left slated for silenceoYerPLO
' The bigoted
Response to:
fanatism of some pro-PLO
studentsis an indicationofa lack
of political maturity and understanding'.
(lVits Studenr, Editorial, Vol 34
No I8).
T h e W r t s S R C i s s u p p o s e dt o
be the vanguardof the so-called
"progressive-democrat" movement. lt believes that it has
committed itself to the plight of
a l l o p p r e s s e dp e o p l e . l t a l s o
believesthat it hasdemonstrated
this firm commitment bv vociferously condeming the local
p o l i t i c a ls y s t e m .
l'he same SRC has condemned the University ban on
meetings (in a statement released on I I August) because
thev say:'We are preventedfrom
respondingto issueswhich affect
us as studentsand South Africans'.
And yet rvhen concerned
students peacefullY declared
their solidarity with the Palestinian cause in the face of
extreme provocationfrom guiltridden Zionist students, the
SRC's mouthpiece, Wils Stl-
'bigotedfanaticism'.
as an act ol
S o m e t h i n gr e e k so t h v p o c r i s y
here.
purported commitment for democracy has been conveniently
suspended.
The reason for the SRC's
deafening silence is obvious.
They considerit to be'politically
suicidal' to adopt an antiZionist/ Racist stancein view of
the loomingSRC elections.
We also note that the SRC's
p a r e n tb o d y ,N U S A S , a n d o t h e r
h i t h e r t os o - c a l l e d ' h u m a nr i g h t s
campaigners'have not uttered a
single word on the genocide
b e i n gi n f l i c t e do n t h e P a l e s t i n i a n
people.
-fhey
have chosen to play
student politics for the sake of
r e t a i n i n gs t u d e n t p o w e r . T h e i r
l f t h i s i s a n i n d i c a t i o no f t h e
'political maturity and under-
standing' the Wits Student expects us to achieve,we can well
do without it.
'deWe must urge sincere
disand
mocrats' to dissociate
tinguish themselvesfrom their
'convenient-radical' allies and
these sinister camPus bureaucrats.
Quo Vadis.'democrats''J
Group of students
Oil on the SEC tracks
As some of you might know, the
W i t s P e d a tC a r R a c e h a s c o m e
and gone. This is perhaps the
biggesteventthat is organisedby
the Student Engineers'Council
each year, and it involves the
participation of well over one
h u n d r e d p e o p l ej u s t t o o r g a n i s e
the race. Teams from all over
South Africa took part, so one
can easily imagine the total
e x p e n s eo f s u c h a n e v e n t .
Gerhard Strvdorn spent many
hours organisingthe race.but he
would neverhavebeenable to do
v a r i o u s d e p a r t m e n t sw i t h i n t h e
Universitv. The co-operation
and assistancefrom the staff
members of the following departments was very much appreciated: Security, Civil Engineering, Maintenance, Gar a g e .a n d E l e c t r i c aEl n g i n e e r i n g .
A s p e c i a lt h n k s t o M r s C a i r n s
for all the hasslesthat she had to
put up with.
There was. however, one
incident that blackened the
n a r n eo 1 ' t h eS E C a n d t h a t o f t h e
University. Just over halfivay
through the race. somebody
things more interesting by
throrving oil on the track. lt is
t h u s , u n d e r s t a n d a b l et h a t t h e
managers ol the various teams
are upset with what looks like
poor sportsmanship
on the part
of Wits University, and many
( c a m sa r e n o t g o i n g t o p a r t i c i pate in next year's race on this
basis. l. therefore, appeal to
a n y o n e* h o h a sa n y i n f o r m a t i o n
a b o u t t h e i d e n t i t yo f t h e c u l p r i t
t o c o m e a n d s p e a kt o m e . I c a n
be reached at horne in the
eveningson 124-8751.
Mike Beard
Squashhall is a
fire hazard
A huge'Amplihall', which has
been erected opposite the
Wits main squash complex,
has been declared unsafe by
the Johannesburg Fire Department.
The money-savingtemporary
squash complex has a capacity
to seat 800 spectators.With an
a v e r a g es q u a s hc o m p l e xc o s t i n g
in excess of R200.000 the
Amplihall will cost a mere
R25,000.The complex has not
however met with the approval
of the Fire Department.
The roofing material,made of
combustible plastic, does not
comply with regulations.Covering an area of approximately
2.500 square metres the re-
placingof the roofing materialis
l i k e t o i n c r e a s ec o s t sd r a m a t i c ally.
T h e s q u a s hc o m p l e x .c o n s i s t ing of a grandstandand a single
squash court with a glass back
wall. is to be used on the 24
August when the finals of the
N a t i o n a l s q u a s hc h a m p i o n s h i p
are played.
Notice to all Clubs
Starting from this week the
Wits Student Sports pagewill
try to publish forthcoming
sports events. The events
published will be mainly
those in which Wits players
are competing.Therefore we
call upon all Witsie sports
clubs and individual sportsmen to provideus with details
of eventsin which they will be
participating.In this way we
hope to promote sport on
campus by encouraging a
greater spectator following.
Forthcoming sports events
64 players have entered the
Championships which commencewith the first round on 14
August at H illbrow. The quarter
finals. semi finals and the final
will be played at the amplihall
from l9 to 2l August.
The seedingsfor the national
championships are as follows:
First C Awad; 2nd D Williams;
;jTi
il'::
ar:.
The Fire Department is now satistied that the
Amplihall is so.fe
3rd R Norman; 4th to l6th C
B r u m b y ;G B r i a r s ;R W a t s o n ;A
Safwat; P Kenl'on; J Leeb; J
Lel-ievra:M Saadand T Wilkin-
son.
T h e c h a m p i o n s h i p sa r e s p o n sored by Smith's lndustries of
South Africa.
on Friday ll and is held at
Lower Weight Cvm. Old Mutual
S p o r t s n a l l . E n q u i r i e st o t h e
Sports Officer, Old Mutual
S p o r t sH a l l .
3. Johannesburg Stock Exc h a n g eM a r a t h o nu ' i l l b e h e l do n
2l August. Entrv forms are
a v a i l a b l ea t J o h a n n e s b u r S
gtock
ExchangeSports Office.
'fourna4 . W i t s S q u a s hM e n s
ment will start on 28 August with
the final that Sunday. Entries
c l o s eo n l l l A u g u s t .
5. Grand Tyres l6km Series
rvitl be organised b1 the Wits
A t h l e t i c sC l u b . l t w i l t b e h e l d o n
27 August at JCE. The race
s t a r t sa t 0 E h U Ot.h i s e v e n ti s o n e
in a series of provincial cham.p i o n s h i p sc u l m i n a t i n gw i t h t h e
N a t i o n a l C h a m p so n 2 0 N o v e m b e r . E n t r y f e ei s R 3 . 0 0 .T h e e v e n t
i s r e s t r i c t e dt o s i x m c n o r w o m e n
r o a d r u n n i n g c l u b t e a m s .A f i r s t
prize of R800 will be given to the
first team home. I ndividual
prizes are also to be given.
Wits AthleticsClub asks all
Witsiesto help rvith malshalling.
F orthcoming sportsattraction
L Smith Industries South
African Squash Open Championshipscommencel4 August.
Quarter frnals through to finals
to be played at Amplihall
o p p o s i t eW i t s S q u a s hC o m p l e x .
2. Wits Martial Arts Club is
holding a self defence course.
Not a karate coursebut one concentratingon practicalaspectsof
self defence.The Course besan
Rugby leagueresults
l'he latest points positlon as
regards the leaders of the interfaculty Rugby League rs as
follows.
A L e a g u e :J C E ' A ' t e a m h a s
20 points followed bv Mens Res
a n d M e d i c i n ew i t h l 5 a n d E O H
'B'with l3 points.
ts League: Commerce leads
'A'
with 20 points with EOH
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with 16 and Miners
the clash between Commerce
' A ' a c l o s eg a m ee n d e d
and EOH
w h e n C o m m e r c ew i t h t h e u p p e r
h a n d w o n 7 - 4 . M i n e r ss t i l l h a v e
to play both Commerce and
'B'Leasue
E O H ' A ' t e a m s .I n t h e
the Post Grads have withdrawn
following their disappointing
score of I point only.
I n t h e ' A ' s e c t i o nE O H ' B ' l o s t
22-0 to Medicine and 43 0 to
M e n sR e s .I n t h e i rm a t c ha g a i n s t
JCE 'A'. EOH 'B' lost 35 6.
Following theseresultsit should
be interestingto see the match
b e t w e e nt h e l e a d e r sJ. C E ' A ' a n d
Mens Res.
Matches still to be playedare
as follows:
S e c t i o nA : M e n s R e s v s J C E
'A'; Medicine
vs JCE 'A'. Mens
R e sv s M e d i c i n e .
Section B: Minersvs Commerce:
M i n e r sv s E O H ' A ' .
Two wins for Wits
The Wits crosscountry team
havewon the TransvaalCross
Country A league for the
second time in two years.
Over this period Wits has
remained undefeated.
Two rveeksago Wits beat
BoksbergAthleticsClub (rvhcr
finished2nd in the league)bv
54 27. with the tenth Witsie
Liesagang,Timy Desi and Sydnev Rickert.
This has also been the first
year that Wits has entered a
womans cross country teanl.
Good performanceshere come
from provincial athlete Pamela
S i n g e ra n d V a n d e r M e r w e .
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