MR MBEKELA
There were organisations, there was a residential association known as GRACA, there was another one which still exists today known as COSAS, there was a womens' league known as the Grahamstown Womens' League which was part of the ANC Women's League, also the youth organisation known as GRAICO and at that stage the decision was taken that these organisations be formed and in 1985, since a decision had been taken at a COSAS conference in 1979 that it is important that a youth organisation be formed known as Youth Congress.  The youth who were not attending school at the time took the initiative and here in Grahamstown a Grahamstown Youth Congress was formed, but at that time there would be organisations for Grahamstown, P E, East London and so forth.
 But because we knew that the battle for South Africa was not a regional battle there was a decision taken that there should be one organisation formed for the entire country because we were not fighting battles for Grahamstown individually or individual regions and that's why in 1980 a meeting was held in Durban where the National Youth Organisation was formed but it was an interim committee.