Cosas, noun

/ˈkəʊsæs/
Acronym formed on the initial letters of Congress of South African Students, a national student organization formed in 1979, and involved in liberation politics. Also attributive.
Note:
Cosas was banned by the government from August 1985 to February 1990. Cf. Sansco.
1979 Sunday Post 7 June 1In a major breakthrough in student politics, more than 80 students from several centres met in Roodepoort at the week-end to form a national body, the Congress of South African Students (Cosas).
1980 Survey of Race Rel. 1979 (S.A.I.R.R.) 500The aims of Cosas are to normalise relationships between students and teachers;..strive for an education for all that is dynamic, free and compulsory for the betterment of society.
1982 Drum Nov. 51Both Cosas and Azaso also work closely with non-student organisations — trade unions and community groups — as part of a broader movement towards the society they envisage for South Africa.
1985 Probe Oct. 11Instead of talking to the people who matter, he bans Cosas. He should have banned his Department of Education and Training (DET) first.
1990 New African 11 June 11The relaunch of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) in Johannesburg. Cosas was banned by the government in the early 1980s and was unbanned in February.
Acronym formed on the initial letters of Congress of South African Students, a national student organization formed in 1979, and involved in liberation politics. Also attributive.
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