CHAIRPERSON
In the 1980s South Africa was in the throes of a radical and irreversible upheaval, one which redefined all political activity that had gone before.   We were aware in our personal lives, we are aware how events in the present shape, colour, re-interpret events in the past.  So is it with history. Not only do past events provide the lengths through which we see and interpret the present, but the present special momentous events rolls over the past almost like waves breaking onto the shore, creating new patterns.   Many people today don't understand quite what it was we were working through in the late 60s/early 70s.