The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils

Date: 20 Mar 1976
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils

The Roman Catholic Church decided in principle to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils. Legal questions relating to this were going to be discussed with the government. Three months later, more than 20 000 learners from Soweto marched against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. The uprising then escalated into a nation-wide revolt, revitalising the struggle for liberation in South Africa.

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01Nelson Mandela Foundation,"20 March 1976",From: Nelson Mandela Foundation,[Online],Available at: www.nelsonmandela.org,[Accessed on: 14 March 2014]
02O’Malley, P. ‘1977’, From: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available, at www.nelsonmandela.org.za (Accessed: 14 February 2013)

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South African History Online. (2013, March 14). The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095289

South African History Online (2013) 'The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils', South African History Online, 14 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095289 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

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"The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils." South African History Online, 14 Mar. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095289. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils." South African History Online. March 14, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095289.