The schools boycott spreads to the Black townships

Date: 28 May 1980
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.

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

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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

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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.