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...NUSAS does not include the four Afrikaans-speaking universities of Stellenbosch, Pretoria, Orange Free State, and Potchefstroom. These schools broke away in the 1930s to form their own organization--the Afrikaanse Studentbond...
Open only to white Afrikaans Christians, the Studentbond, is not recognized by any international student group. It strongly favors the Verwoerd government and adheres unswervingly to the official dogma of apartheid.
For some time the Studentbond has attacked NUSAS as "liberalist, integrationist, and treasonable." Although NUSAS has tried to increase contact between Afrikaans and English students, all its approaches have been rudely turned down; the rift between the two organizations is now wider than ever.
The Afrikaans-speaking universities have always excluded non-white students. The English-speaking universities, however, were traditionally open to students of all races on the basis of merit. By the late 1950's almost 1,000 non-whites attended classes at these universities, although the universities did segregate dormitories, dances...
Editorial note: In South African usage the word African refers to Negroes; the word Afrikaner refers to the white descendants of the Dutch settlers and the Boers. There are about 10 million Africans In South Africa out of a total population of 16 million. The Afrikaners, who speak the Afrikaans...