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ArticleBlack Consciousness and 16 June – The birth of a new generation
… played by the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) in the Soweto revolt is demonstrated by the students' demand for an … problems that, at the end of May 1976,…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… a delegation met the Mandelas at Walter Sisulu’s house in Soweto, Johannesburg, and asked them to come to Port …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… a delegation met the Mandelas at Walter Sisulu’s house in Soweto, Johannesburg, and asked them to come to Port …
BiographySheila Weinberg
… was banned in South Africa. In 1976, at the height of the Soweto uprisings and at the ANC’s bidding, her father left …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… under some measure of control. With leaders from the 1976 uprising either imprisoned or exiled, the liberation struggle … Cosmetic changes by the South…
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… participating in the students’ insurrection that begun in Soweto. Tladi was forced into exile, going to Botswana where …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… booklet was published on 16 June, in commemoration of Soweto Day . By the end of 1989, Eleanor was living in London …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… as a medium of instruction exploded on 16 June 1976 in Soweto and spread to others parts of the country. The … of the Special Committee Against Apartheid. 24…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… were partially funded by government. In a township like Soweto , the unavailability of schools became a serious … opposed this instruction. From the…
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… the writing on the wall for the UP. In 1976, the youth of Soweto rose up against the imposition of Afrikaans as a …
EventSecurity police arrest SSRC leader Dan Montsitsi
… Almost a year after the June 16 Soweto Student Uprising, Security Police announced the arrest of Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) leader Dan …
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… however, did not last long. Soon after he began, the 1976 Soweto Uprising occurred and the ANC in exile saw its numbers swell …
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… Music, Drama and Literature Institute (MDALI) in Soweto and Peoples Experimental Theatre (PET) in Lenasia, … was also formed, with the most prominent branch…
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… nee Sibongile Susan Mthembu, was a leader in the Soweto Students Representative Council at the time of the 1976 Soweto uprising. She subsequently was a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.2 Apr-May 1979
… on the banning of Staffrider Vol 2 No. 1 March 1979, Soweto Speaking to Miriam Tlali,Khauleza Creative Society … (Dobsonville) Poems by: Maswabi a'Legwale…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… 16, 1976, more than 10,000 black high school students in Soweto marched out of school, protesting an apartheid … officials, none of them will be risking…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… which had gone underground by now. On June 16, 1976 , Soweto students’ revolted against the use of Afrikaans as the … secondary schools. In the ensuing two…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National … had ushered in a new era of political…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba Chapter 2 - The Soweto Uprising of June 1976: A Turning Points Event by Phil Bonner … 1980-1985 by Sean Field…
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… students at the Cape were influenced by the 16 June 1976 uprising of Soweto school children to take action against Apartheid and … education. Click here for…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… 30 April 1976, students at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and boycotted classes. The student … Secondary was among many student protests…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… The Security Police detained three students in order to extract information and subjected them to torture. However, …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and … protesting against the government…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government … banner. The BCM organisations were the forces behind the…
ArchiveBlack Consciousness Movement of South Africa: speech given to the assembly of the IUEF, held in Geneva, 22 November 1975
… the role of the Black Conciousness Movement in the 1976 Soweto uprising and emphasises the need for action for liberation. …
ArchiveOxford: 1970s: the youth take charge
… Brown, red and black poster. Large photograph of the Soweto Uprising in June 1976. Quote from Nelson Mandela. Short bits …
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
… strongly opposed by resistance movements like the 1976 Soweto Uprising and by underground movements which operated both in …
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… an anti-apartheid protest in Sharpeville ), and during the Soweto Uprising and the township revolts of the 1980s. The SADF …
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 … Tsietsi Mashinini led the peaceful…
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… in Malteno, in the Eastern Cape, in 1969, well before the Soweto Uprising of 1976. The main political influence on him at that …