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BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… as taxing the black population, but it was impossible to extract enough from the Transvaal Africans. Hearing that … was the match that would light the…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… The Security Police detained three students in order to extract information and subjected them to torture. However, …
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. …
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
… 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, one …
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… of terror in South Africa to coincide with the so called Soweto day anniversary.’ [1] The South African Broadcasting …
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 …
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…