Historical Organization

Soweto Students' Representative Council

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Soweto Students' Representative Council

Also known as: SSRC

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Organization Timeline

Students launch the Soweto uprising

📅 16 June 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 residents march and strike

📅 4 August 1976

About 20,000 residents marched along the Soweto Highway while students called on workers to stay away. The action connected student revolt with working-class power.

Cape students demonstrate in solidarity with Soweto

📅 23 August 1976

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