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The Soweto riots of 1976 were the most brutal and violent riots that had taken place against the South African apartheid administration. ... The police showed no mercy attacked students of all ages, armed or unarmed. In the book, Kaffir Boy, a young boy called David described the police’s actions on the first day of the riot:
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The violence spread from one end of the city to the other, with fires in Soweto reaching Alexandra, a township in the northern outskirts close to some of the rich white suburbs. ... An investigation by US newspaper Newsday in December 1976 concluded that 332 had died in Soweto, and more than 435 nationally.
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When the 1976 school year started, many teachers refused to teach ... Anti-riot vehicles and members of the Anti-Urban Terrorism Unit arrived. Army helicopters dropped teargas on gatherings of students. Roadblocks were set up at all entrances to Soweto. The battle between students and police continued into the night.
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On 16 June 1976 high-school students in Soweto, South Africa, protested for better education. Police fired teargas and live bullets into the marching students. ... 40 new schools were built in Soweto. Between 1972 and 1976 the number of pupils at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five Soweto children...
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The students initially organised themselves into local cultural groups and youth clubs until the formation of an Action Committee on 13 June 1976, which was later renamed the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC). They were conscientised and influenced by national organisations such as the Black Peoples'
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In Soweto schools, mother tongue had been the medium of instruction at junior primary prior to 1975. In 1976 the Secretary for Bantu Education instructed some higher primary and junior secondary schools to implement Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.
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location: home | governance & politics | The Youth Struggle: The 1976 Students' Revolts...
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The Soweto Riots, a student uprising in Soweto, South Africa on June 16, 1976, were in response to the National Party and its apartheid regime. Mor..., Heather Watkins ... The Soweto Riots, a student uprising in Soweto, South Africa on June 16, 1976, were in response to the National Party and its apartheid regime.
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Thirty years ago, in June 1976, the white government of South Africa decided to force black students to study math, history and geography in Afrikaans, the language of the Boer settlers who originally came from Holland. ... This provoked a riot among the youth in the black ghetto of Soweto, located in the Johannesburg suburbs.
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