Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I taua wā he kaitautoko ia i te pakanga ki te Apartheid. I haere tonu ia ki te hanga toi ātete. I whakawhiwhia a Gordon ki te Whare Wananga o Witwatersrand (WITS) Kaitohutohu Kaitohutohu Kaitohutohu (SRC) 1982<unk>1987 hei Tumuaki o te Whakahaere Kaitohutohu. I whakahaerehia e ia te Whare Wananga o te Whare Wananga mai i te 1982 ki te 1987 i roto i te kaha o te mana whakahaere hei kaitohutohu whakahaere, hei whakapai ake i nga paanga o te Pirihimana o Awherika ki te Tonga me te SAP Security Branch te whakawehi, te tutu me te tukino i nga akonga WITS. I te wā o te tuarua o te āhua ohorere i whakapuakina i Āwherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1985/6 i whakamahia ia, i roto i ētahi atu mea, hei karere i waenganui i te whakahaere o te whare wānanga matua me to ratou māngai ture ki te tuku tuhinga i te ringa ki a Brigadier Jan Coetzee, te upoko o te pirihimana i te Protea Police Station i Soweto.
, i runga i te ingoa o te tini o ngā ākonga i mauheretia. I taua wā i nohoia ai Soweto katoa me ngā tāone e toru tekau mā rima puta noa i te motu e ngā ope haumaru SA mā.