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eventREF E-0012423Revised

28 May 1980

The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships

The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships

Updated
30 Sep 2019
The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships

On 28 May 1980 the schools boycott spread to the Black townships. In Durban and Port Elizabeth riot police were called in. At Elsies River, near Cape Town, police fired on Coloured children, killing two and wounding three.

How we know this

  1. 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999).
  2. 02Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012423

South African History Online (2011) 'The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012423 (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

South African History Online, The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012423, (accessed 24 October 2026).

"The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012423. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012423.

Also on 28 May

  1. 1950A resolution calling for Africans countrywide to stay at home, in protest against the Unlawful Organisations Act, is taken in Durban
  2. 1975Le Grange Commission declares CISA activities a danger to the state
  3. 1976A resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
  4. 1984Educationist Ernest Moloto dies
  5. 1985Two limpet mines explode in Hillbrow
  6. 1991Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
  7. 1993Eritrea becomes a member of the United Nations.
  8. 1995Ebola virus kills 153 people in Zaire

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