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eventREF E-0012282Revised

2 August 1976

UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes

UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes

Updated
30 Sep 2019
UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes

How we know this

  1. 01Baruch, H. (1979). Year of Fire, Year of Ash: The Soweto Revolt: Roots of A Revolution, London: Zed Press
  2. 02South African Democracy Education Trust. The Road To Democracy in South Africa Volume 2 [1970 - 1980], Pretoria, Unisa Press.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012282

South African History Online (2011) 'UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012282 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).

South African History Online, UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012282, (accessed 26 October 2026).

"UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012282. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "UWC students convene a meeting to express solidarity with the students of Soweto and decide to embark on a boycott of classes." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012282.

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