Circular, issued by Soweto Students Reprsentative Council, calling on residents of Black townships to boycott Christmas shopping and shebeens as a show of solidarity with those killed by police violence during the liberation struggle
Archive record
Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa.

- Origin date
- 15 October 1976
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112138
South African History Online (2016) ' Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112138 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112138, (accessed 7 October 2026).
" Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112138. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. " Soweto Students Representative Council: To all fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, friends and workers, in all cities, towns and villages in the Republic of South Africa. ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112138.
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