Nkosozana Dlamini, vice-president of SASO, and member of the ANC, was in her fifth year of medical school when the June 16th uprising began. She was torn between finishing her medical training to become a doctor or continue abroad with political activity against the apartheid government.
Archive record
Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini

- Origin date
- March 1977
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0112512
South African History Online (2016) 'Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0112512 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini [website], https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0112512, (accessed 23 July 2026).
"Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0112512. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Soweto student speaks out: interview with Nkosazana Dlamini ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/R-0112512.
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