South African Students Movement

Ook bekend als: SASM

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Students launch the Soweto uprising

📅 16 Juni 1976

Thousands of school students marched against compulsory Afrikaans instruction and Bantu Education. Police opened fire, killing Hector Pieterson, Hastings Ndlovu and others, and the revolt spread...

Soweto students rise against apartheid education

📅 16 Juni 1976

Students marched against the imposition of Afrikaans in schooling and the wider system of Bantu Education. Police fired on demonstrators, and the uprising spread. The students challenged an...

Cape students demonstrate in solidarity with Soweto

📅 23 Augustus 1976

Students from three Cape high schools organized a demonstration to coincide with a general strike called by student leaders in Johannesburg.