Majalisar Ɗaliban Afirka ta Kudu

Majalisar Ɗaliban Afirka ta Kudu ( COSAS ) ƙungiya ce ta ɗalibai masu adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata da aka kafa a shekarar 1979 bayan tashin hankalin Soweto na ranar 16 ga watan Yuni a shekarar 1976 a Afirka ta Kudu.

 Tarihi 
An kafa COSAS a watan Yuni 1979 bayan da aka dakatar da ƙungiyar ɗalibai ta Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1977. Ta shirya tsara ɗaliban baƙaƙen fata a makarantun sakandare, dare, fasaha da makarantun horar da malamai da kwalejojin wasiƙa.  Shugaba Oliver Tambo ne ya kafa COSAS daga gudun hijira kuma shugaban COSAS na farko shine Ephraim Mogale. A cikin shekaru biyun farko COSAS ta gudanar da kamfen na tunawa guda biyu waɗanda hukumomi ke ganin suna goyon bayan Majalisar Dokokin Afirka ta 1979: ratayewar 1979 na uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) guerrilla Solomon Mahlangu da kuma cika shekaru ɗari na nasarar Zulu kan sojojin Burtaniya a Isandhlwana.

A cikin shekarar 1982, COSAS ta ɗauki taken "Ayyukan Ma'aikata-Ɗalibai" tare da haɓaka kafa taron majalisar matasa don biyan buƙatun matasa ma'aikata da matasa marasa aikin yi.  Kungiyar ta ba da tallafi ga ma’aikata da ke yajin aiki da gwagwarmayar al’umma a kan batutuwan da suka haɗa da ƙaruwar sufuri, hawan haya da makamantansu.

A cikin shekarar 1983, COSAS ta yi marhabin da kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta United Democratic Front (UDF) kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da tsarin UDF na yanki a duk lardunan. Ta ga UDF a matsayin wakiltar dandalin gama gari don yin gwagwarmaya don samun 'yanci da dimokuraɗiyya Afirka ta Kudu.

A cikin shekarun 1980, a ƙarƙashin tutar COSAS, ɗalibai sun aiwatar da dabarun juriya iri-iri kamar ƙauracewa yajin aiki. A Cradock, ɗaliban gabashin Cape daga makarantu bakwai sun ƙaurace wa sauya shekar Matthew Goniwe, malami kuma mai fafutukar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata wanda jami'an tsaron  mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata suka kashe daga baya. Shugaban COSAS na yanzu shine Thabang Mokoena.  COSAS tana da manufar da aka bayyana na haɗin kai da wakilcin ɗaliban Afirka ta Kudu na matalauta da marasa galihu a "Mataki na Pre-Tertiary".  Taken COSAS shine "Kowane ya Koyar da Ɗaya". 

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