Joint call for June 16 Stay away

Date: 3 Jun 1986
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) gathered to issue a call for a one day work stay-away on June 16. The call was issued to all South Africans, Black and White, in commemoration of the Youth of 1976, who were killed in the streets of Soweto while protesting against the Bantu Education system. The aim was to ensure that June 16 be regarded as a public holiday throughout the country with commemorative mass rallies and activities organized for that day.

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South African History Online. (2016, May 25). Joint call for June 16 Stay away. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121030

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