Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin ya kasance mai goyon bayan gwagwarmayar wariyar launin fata. A asirce ya ci gaba da yin zane-zane. Gordon ya yi aiki da Jami'ar Witwatersrand (WITS) Student Representative Council (SRC) 1982<unk>1987 a matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikatar Dalibai. Ya gudanar da Jami'ar SRC Administration daga 1982 zuwa 1987 a matsayin babban dan siyasa a matsayin mai ba da shawara na gudanarwa, yana inganta tasirin 'yan sandan Afirka ta Kudu da SAP Security Branch na tsoratarwa, tashin hankali da zalunci ga daliban WITS. A lokacin da aka ayyana dokar ta baci ta biyu a Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1985/6 an yi amfani da shi, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, a matsayin manzo tsakanin manyan jami'an jami'a da wakilcin su na doka don isar da takardu da hannu ga Birgediya Jan Coetzee, shugaban 'yan sanda a ofishin' yan sanda na Protea a Soweto.
, a madadin ɗalibai da yawa da aka tsare. Wannan shi ne lokacin da dukan Soweto da kuma talatin da biyar Townships a fadin kasar da aka shagaltar da farin SA jami'an tsaro.