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Congress of South African Students

Anti-apartheid student organization

The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) is an anti-apartheid student organisation established in 1979 in the wake of the June 16 Soweto Uprisings in 1976 in South Africa.

Background

COSAS was formed in June 1979 after the South African Students' Movement was banned in 1977.{{cite web | access-date=2012-12-28

In 1982, COSAS adopted the theme "Student-worker action" and promoted the formation of youth congresses to serve the interests of young workers and unemployed youth. The organization provided support to striking workers and community struggles around issues such as transport increases, rent hikes and the like.

In 1983, the COSAS welcomed the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and played a key role in the formation of the regional UDF structures in all of the provinces. It saw the UDF as representing a common platform to fight for a free and democratic South Africa.

Throughout the 1980s, under the banner of COSAS, students staged a variety of resistance tactics like boycotts and strikes. In Cradock, Eastern Cape students from seven schools boycotted the transfer of Matthew Goniwe, a teacher and anti-apartheid activist who was later murdered by apartheid security forces. COSAS's current president is Thabang Mokoena.{{cite web | access-date=2012-12-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303221537/http://cosasofkzn.wozaonline.co.za/cosas+constitution | archive-date=2015-03-03 | url-status=dead | access-date=2012-12-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303221537/http://cosasofkzn.wozaonline.co.za/cosas+constitution | archive-date=2015-03-03 | url-status=dead | access-date=2012-12-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303221537/http://cosasofkzn.wozaonline.co.za/cosas+constitution | archive-date=2015-03-03 | url-status=dead

References

Davies, Rob. (1984). "The Struggle for South Africa.". Zed Books.

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