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Letter from Temba Sono (SASO) to Paul Pretorius (NUSAS) |
The letter to Paul Pretorius (NUSAS) indicates SASO's intention to restrict interaction and cooperation with NUSAS. |
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Letter from the Secretary of SASO to the President of NUSAS |
The letter contains a notification of a resolution passed at the SASO Conference held in Durban on 4 to 10 July 1970 which effectively withdraws SASO's recognition of NUSAS as a true national student union. |
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White racism and Black conciousness |
The paper discusses the totality of White power in South Africa and Black Consciousness |
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Afro-American influences on the Black Conciousness Movement |
This paper gives an overview of the relationship and differences between Black Consciousness and the civil rights struggle by African Americans |
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Anglo-American influences on the Black conciousness movement |
It was said by minions of the racist oppressive giant in South Africa that Black Conciousness was nothing but an importation of American Black power. African-Americanism was not only a struggle for power, but it was also a search for identity and the resugence of its cultural values. |
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Banning and intimidation: list of recommended tactics |
SASO memorandum deals with proposed methods of infiltration into schools, religious bodies and other organisations; how to deal with infiltration into SASO and how to deal with bannings and other forms of intimidation. List was seized by police at the SASO office in Durban on 17 May 1973. |
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Black Consciousness |
Background to the Black Consciousness Movement and an overview of the development of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). Prepared for defence in Mayekiso trial, late 1980s |
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Black Consciousness and the role of the Black woman |
Discussion on the meaningful role of the Black woman within the Black Consciousness Movement in the struggle for national liberation. |
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Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa: speech given to the assembly of the IUEF, held in Geneva, 22 November 1975 |
The address outlines the role of the Black Conciousness Movement in the 1976 Soweto uprising and emphasises the need for action for liberation. |
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Black Universities in South Africa |
The historical background to the development of Black Universities is outlined. |
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Can we ask the question and find out the answer why our Brother Onkopotse Tiro was murdered in Botswana |
The circular urges Blacks students to take note of the murder of Black leaders by the apartheid government. It is a call for a united reaction in the fight against apartheid. |
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Circular from N Pityana to all SRC's and SASO Local Chairmen: Alice Declaration on Turfloop Crisis |
Circular letter written to Student Representative Council's in support of the resolution by Black students to boycott Black Universities if any further Black students are excluded. Attached to the circular is a copy of the Alice Declaration: Boycott of Black Universities |
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Circular from N. Pityana to all SRC's and local committees |
A circular stating the facts surrounding the controversy between the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) |
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Circular from Strini Moodley to Dear Black Brothers and Sisters |
The circular is intended as a voice of solidarity with the students of the University of the Western Cape in taking a unified stand with other Black Universities against White intimidation |
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Circular from the SASO National Executive Committee to all SRCs and other Black organisations |
Circular to all SRC's, local committees and other Black Organisations calling on Black students to work together for liberation, following the deportation and subsequent house arrest and banning of a final year Theology student, Sabelo S Ntwasa, on Friday 17th March 1972. |
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Commissions presented at 5th General Students' Council of the South African Student's Organization, St Peters Seminary, Hammanskraal, 14-18 January, 1974 |
The memorandum contains commissions to assess, among others, the theory of the struggle pertaining to the Black culture, the feasibility of research into education suitable for the struggle of students in Universities, and possible student benefits programmes. |
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Communique as drawn up by the 1969 SASO Conference |
The communique discusses the need for contact and communication amongst non-white universities and colleges. It also discusses the relationship with other national student bodies like NUSAS. |
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Community Action and Development |
For effective programs that make the Black communities aware of the problems that bedevil it, SASO developed well planned educational programmes to train Black leaders. The aim was to create a just and healthy community which would be able to realise its full potential. |
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Culture |
Culture in its various manifestations can be used to liberate Black people and this memorandum discusses the importance of Black poetry, literature, music and fine art |
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Education as an instrument for liberation. |
This Address to a fund-raising banquet for the South African Students Organization in Durban, June 1973, discusses the traditional role of education, looks at the teacher-student relationship and examines ways in which education can be used to initiate change. |