Schools

• 1980 - 1/2 black people were under 25 so the slight increase in spending on education didn’t cover the number wanting to go to school
• Students were fed up of: huge classes, poorly-qualified teachers, no books and no future (some inspiration seen soweto)
• 1979 - congress of South African Students (COSAS) formed

  1980-1 - nearly 100,000 students (up to uni students) boycotted class in protest
• They made links with other groups and joined in rent strikes and consumer boycotts
• Quite Significant - less pressure on the government about it; however it does become more significant as future protests led by school children; the initial protests didn’t have as much of a big picture focus