1988
From Greenlevel.org
The Politics
February: 17 Organisations banned, including SANSCO, UDF, NECC and COSATU Massmeeting followed by march down Rugby Road.
 1988 Feb 26 - restrictions SANSCO UDF NECC - march |
 1988 Feb 26 - restrictions SANSCO UDF NECC - mass meeting |
August: ECC banned
The Publications
Varsity: 2 March, 1988
Focus on banning of 17 organisations, including UDF, Sansco and Cosatu. Stories include: state smear-campaign of ECC, the "killing fields" around Pietermaritzburg, "Rag: fun gets serious" (interview with Graham Herbert), Cape Town film festival, setting up of UDF cultural desk, review of Jennifer Ferguson, formation of Satisco (non-racial sports union)...
Varsity: 18 May, 1988
Big news: banning of the alternative press, interview with wife of Govan Mbeki, squatters in Noordhoek, Cameron Dugmore and Helen Perry debating Stellenbosch SRC, mediation of conflict in KTC, critical look at sponsored arts councils, rowing and hockey....
Kate and Lise's last editorial muses "...with the severe clampdowns on the press, we will have to reassess our role as simply a campus newspaper. In the face of these clampdowns on the free flow of information, the task of a newspaper such as ours to report on what is really going on in this country becomes more important and pressing...") [LB]
