Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 9. May 4 1981

Violence?

Violence?

A little closer to home, he spoke of the question of violence. "There has been a conscious campaign in the media to suggest that the source of any violence will be from anti-tour supporters." This in fact is not the case, as he explained, detailing a recent break-in at the Hart offices, resulting in destruction of files and several windows. Another recent case perhaps sums it up; the attack on TV journalists by Ron Don, and his subsequent conviction.

It is not too late to have the tour stopped, Richards said, giving evidence of abrupt cancellations in the past. "It is the Government's responsibility to stop this tour, and this can be done by denying of visas to the Springboks. Most Commonwealth countries have done it in the past, why can't we?"

Finally, he said by stopping the tour we will be inflicting a "psychological blow that will cripple the South African Government, and gain a psychological victory for black South Africa."