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- 1987 (Creation)
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1987 documents concerning attempts by the SA government / Minister of Education to amend Section 25(1) of the Universities Act, No. 61 of 1955, to reduce the autonomy and to curtail on-campus protests by students and / or staff, threatening to withhold subsidies if they don't comply; includes correspondence between P.J. Clase, Minister of Education and Culture and N. Stutterheim, Chairman of Council (1987); Statements and responses to the Minister's letter; The Truth about Wits; Wits World, Vol.3 No.2, December 1987; legal opinion; Academic Staff Association Statement (18/08/87); Statement by Student Observers on Council who were Rosemary Hunter, Etienne Marais and Scott Hazelhurst; other statements by Vice-Chancellor K. Tober, Prof. R.W. Charlton and President of the Convocation Eyvin Finsen.