Soweto Students' Representative Council

Ook bekend als: SSRC

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Tijdlijn van de Organisatie

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 residents march and strike

📅 4 Augustus 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 Augustus 1976

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