It would become the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) in 1986, after adopting the Educational Charter and aligning itself officially with the Freedom Charter.
AZASO, which was formed under Tom Nkoane, though it initially emerged as a continuation of SASO, later manifested itself as a different organisation that adopted African National Congress (ANC) policies and the Freedom Charter over the Black Consciousness Doctrine.
In addition, AZASO advocated a non-racial policy towards working with other youth organisations, while SASO's philosophy of Black Consciousness called for a total break away from White student structures and as such they did not co-operate with them.
AZASO also secured political cooperation with other ANC-aligned formations such as the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of South African Students (COSAS).
All these developments highlighted a drift by AZASO from the philosophy of Black Consciousness and its associated organisations like SASO and the Black People's Convention (BPC).