Demonstrations

Students have been demonstrating throughout South Africa. In Natal a mass protest march took place. In Johnannesburg some 2,000 students joined a protest march of 6,000 on the City Hall which the police broke up with tear gas. In Cape Town students formed the main contingent in another mass protest. Mass student gatherings have been held at the Universities of the Witwatersrand, Cape Town, the two sections of the University of Natal in Durban and at the Pietermaritzburg section.

Students are working actively with various civil defence committees to manifest radical opposition to the Bill and have participated in mass marches which have been attacked by fascist thugs.

In response to the international appeal of NUSAS the following cable was sent to the Prime Minister of South Africa:

"The New Zealand University Students' Association Joins with Nusas in their Unequivocal Opposition to the Provisions in the General Law Amendment Bill which can Remove the Personal Liberties and Basic Freedoms of the People of South' Africa."