The first presentations at the Lusaka Symposium were devoted to
South Africa. By challenging apartheid and repression at a local level.
grassroot communication is an effective way to oppose Government
policy in South Africa. Keyan Tomaselli, director of the Contemporary
Cultural Studies Unit at the University of Natal in Durban,
looked at the rise of grassroot organisations and how they are preparing
an alternative structure for a democratic South Africa.
