Voices | Having declared the gathering illegal, the commandant barked that the students were under arrest. We were marched to our rooms to pack, and we were loaded on to the waiting trucks and buses and forcibly evicted from the campus.
ere driven out of in less auspicious circumstances than can be found today. For me at least, this was a pilgrimage, a spiritual journey. It helped me to reconnect with my intellectual and spiritual roots that shaped my identity as a critical citizen and as a thought leader.
What we received from the student leaders is the prevalence of a rape culture on campus. The students named lecturers and professors who sought sexual favours from students. In 1968, student anger was sparked by UCT Council’s decision to rescind an offer of employment made to Archie Mafeje.. Picture: Vuyi Mbalo.
Fort Hare students had persisted with a tradition of non-cooperation with the university except where absolutely necessary. Likewise, they deplored the extent to which the small town of Alice, which was a university town of note at the time, had become dilapidated and crumbling, that key institutions like Victoria Hospital and Lovedale Institution were allowed to deteriorate to the extent that they have. Around the campus at the university it was not difficult to observe the deplorable state of the grounds and gardens compared with what they were during our time.
The university proudly establishes itself as the archival centre for the records of the liberation struggle and sets itself up as a research centre on the history and politics of the liberation struggle era in South Africa. What we received from the student leaders is the prevalence of a rape culture on campus. The students named lecturers and professors who sought sexual favours from students. There were also reports about the learning and teaching culture that was compromised by corruption and the inability of the university to treat students as mature and responsible in their academic and intellectual pursuits.
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