Definition:
The South African Student's Movement was established in March 1972, with the impetus coming from senior students at three Soweto High Schools. Despite the movement's intention to help black students deal with the transition from matric (the examinations at the end of secondary school) to university, preparing students for exams, and promoting study skills; the Apartheid government considered the group a political threat. Security forces in South Africa continually harassed SASM members, forcing much of its leadership into exile (or risk prosecution under the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act No 15 of 1954 and the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967).
