University of the Western Cape2024-09-302024-09-301988University of the Western Cape. (1988) ‘Elections a sham!’, Bulletin, 18 October, p.1 - 4.https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16227NewspaperBackground: Participations in the forthcoming elections will mean participating in the management of “our own oppression”, according to the rector of UWC, Professor Jakes Gerwel. This month this nation if aced with something which purports to be an extension of democracy while it entrenches Apartheid”, he said. “Apartheid means minority rule while democracy means majority rule,” he said. He told the meeting that he would continue to call on people not to vote, for as long as the government continued calling on people to participate in racist elections.enElectionsMinority ruleDemocracyUniversity conferenceProfessor Jakes GerwelOther