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.
eventREF E-0121030Revised
3 June 1986
Joint call for June 16 Stay away
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Saldru clippings, Joint call on stay away, Black politics 1986d
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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
South African History Online (2016) 'Joint call for June 16 Stay away', South African History Online, 25 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121030 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).
South African History Online, Joint call for June 16 Stay away [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121030, (accessed 26 October 2026).
"Joint call for June 16 Stay away." South African History Online, 25 May 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121030. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Joint call for June 16 Stay away." South African History Online. May 25, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121030.
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