CAMPUS; STUDENTS GATHERING; VARIO SIMANGO, ONE OF FRELIMO'S THREE PRESIDENTS, TALKING; ANTI-PORTUGUESE POSTER; STUDENTS MARCHING, CARRYING PLACARDS AND PICTURE OF CHE GUEVARA; TANU YOUTH LEADER ADDRESSING THE STUDENTS.




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Background: HUNDREDS OF MILITANT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND SOME OF THEIR LECTURERS HELD A DEMONSTRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA CAMPUS IN DAR ES SALAAM ON TUESDAY (7 OCTOBER) TO MARK THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF FRELIMO, THE MOZAMBIQUAN ANTI-PORTUGUESE ORGANISATION.

THE STUDENTS, WHO CARRIED PLACARDS CONDEMNING PORTUGUESE AND SOUTH AFRICAN 'OPPRESSION', MARCHED AROUND THE CAMPUS SINGING REVOLUTIONARY SONGS AND SHOUTING SLOGANS PLEDGING SUPPORT FOR FRELIMO IN MOZAMBIQUE AGAINST PORTUGAL.

THE DEMONSTRATION ENDED AT REVOLUTIONARY SQUARE, WHERE VARIOUS FRELIMO OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MR VARIO SIMANGO, ONE OF THE THREE PRESIDENTS OF THE ORGANISATION, ADDRESSED THE STUDENTS.

AT THE END OF THE RALLY, SOME OF THE STUDENTS PRESENTED CLOTHES FOR USE BY FRELIMO FORCES, AND A COLLECTION OF MONEY WAS MADE.