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The Soweto uprising (or 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.
On 16 June 1976 between 3000 and 10 000 students mobilized by the South African Students Movement 's Action Committee supported by the BCM marched peacefully to demonstrate and protest against the government’s directive. The march was meant to culminate at a rally in Orlando Stadium.
16. Juni 2023 · Soweto Uprising, student-led protest that began on June 16, 1976, in Soweto, South Africa, against the government’s plans to impose the Afrikaans language as a medium of instruction in schools for Black students.
Der Aufstand in Soweto, auch als Schüleraufstand in Soweto bezeichnet, englisch Soweto Uprising, begann am 16. Juni 1976 in Soweto in Südafrika. Er forderte zahlreiche Todesopfer und führte zu lange andauernden, landesweiten Protestaktionen gegen die rassistische Bildungspolitik und das gesamte Apartheidsregime des Landes.
A detailed chronology of the events that led to the Soweto uprising in 1976, when thousands of students protested against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. The web page also covers the aftermath, the repression and the resistance of the apartheid regime.
The Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto honours the youth who took part in the 1976 uprisings. On June 16, 1976, Soweto erupted in a violent storm of protest and suppression; Drum, a leading black magazine, headlined the story 'A telegraphed punch'.
The Soweto Uprising, the police response, and the protests that followed led to greater international exposure, and censure, for the South African government and its policy of apartheid. In South Africa, June 16 is now observed annually as Youth Day, which commemorates the uprising.
