COSAS-Amandlethu Sec. School

e Zulu victory over British
troops at Isandhlwana. 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 essential 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. 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 has the stated goal of uniting and
representing South African students of poor
and disadvantaged backgrounds at "the Pre-
Tertiary Level". The COSAS moto is “Each
One Teach One”. COSAS was preceded by South African
Students' Movement , that organisation having
been banned by the Apartheid government in
1977.