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On a South African campus, the student issues that matter are national issues.
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The quote says that problems affecting students on a South African campus also reflect concerns facing the whole country. Campus issues are therefore not separate from national life; they are part of wider public issues that matter beyond the university.
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- University of Pretoria monograph, citing Ruth First’s 117 Days (1965)
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