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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
Teboho "Tsietsi" MacDonald Mashinini (born 27 January 1957 – 1990) born in Jabavu, Soweto, South Africa, died in the summer of 1990 in Conakry, Guinea, and buried in Avalon Cemetery, was the main student leader of the Soweto Uprising that began in Soweto and spread across South Africa in June, 1976.
It was banned by the apartheid government in October 1977 as part of the repressive state response to the uprising. [4] SASM was founded in 1972 in the Transvaal and was most active in Soweto high schools. [4] According to academic Nozipho Diseko, its precursor was the African Students Movement (ASM), a forum founded in Soweto in 1968.
"Soweto Blues" is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba. [1] The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following the decision by the apartheid government of South Africa to make Afrikaans a medium of instruction at school. The uprising was forcefully put down by the police, leading to the ...
He was the president of the Soweto Students' Representative Council from January 1977 until June 1977, when he was arrested and detained for his role in the uprising and subsequent unrest. In what became known as the Soweto 11 trial, Montsitsi and his deputy, Murphy Morobe , were convicted with nine others on sedition charges.
Julia Nompi Mavimbela (20 December 1917 [1] – 16 July 2000 [2]) was a schoolteacher and community leader in South Africa.When public schools were closed because of the 1976 Soweto uprising, Mavimbela taught schoolchildren in Soweto how to garden and how to read.
The Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO), was an educational institution established by the exiled African National Congress (ANC) in 1978 at Mazimbu, Tanzania.It provided primary and secondary education to students who had fled South Africa after the 1976 Soweto uprising or who were the children of existing exiles.