Resistance and police repression intensify in Soweto

SASO and the BPC organized rallies supporting FRELIMO and African decolonization. Police suppression and later prosecutions turned the campaign into a major confrontation with Black Consciousness.

The General Assembly's Political Committee recognized the liberation movements as representatives in the struggle, strengthening their international legitimacy.

Fourteen people were arrested under the Terrorism Act. Nine leading activists were later prosecuted in a lengthy trial that gave Black Consciousness ideas a public platform.

The centre coordinated research, international campaigns and support for action against apartheid, institutionalizing the United Nations' anti-apartheid work.

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...

Students met to support the Soweto uprising and decided to boycott classes, helping carry youth resistance into the Western Cape.

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.

Protests and clashes reached Langa, Nyanga and Guguletu as young people in the Western Cape joined the national revolt against Bantu Education and apartheid rule.

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

An estimated 200,000 Coloured workers stayed away on 15 and 16 September, linking worker action to the expanding youth revolt.