June 12 Movement

Updated: 22 Feb 2016

June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured Affairs expelled students of the University of the Western Cape for protesting against 'education for subjugation'
The students issued the 12th June declaraton in which they resolved not to reapply for re-admission but to fight for the total and unconditional re-instatement of each and every student.

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). June 12 Movement. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0114264

South African History Online (2016) 'June 12 Movement', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0114264 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, June 12 Movement [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0114264, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"June 12 Movement." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0114264. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "June 12 Movement." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0114264.