A people's history of struggle

23 April 2015

This Freedom Day, we mark the extraordinary turnabout in South Africa's history with reflections from a few UCT staff and former students on how the struggle against apartheid took shape on campus – their memories of student sit-ins, government spies, and the everyday indignities of apartheid.

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