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South Africa: 'It Was As If the World Was Coming to an End'
The Journalist, 14 June 2016
Journalists and activists remember June 16 Read more »
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South Africa: June 16, 1976 Changed the Working Life of SA Journalists
The Journalist, 14 June 2016
The year 1976 will always be remembered as the year when the schoolchildren of Soweto rose up against Apartheid education. Interestingly, it was also the year when television first… Read more »
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South Africa: The Class of 1976 - Reflections From the Cape
The Journalist, 14 June 2016
'There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come'. Read more »
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South Africa: 1976 Exhibition Recalls Turbulent Times
GroundUp, 15 June 2016
Exhibit also reflects on the sigificance of the uprising for the present day Read more »
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South Africa: Remembering Soweto - 40 Years On, Educational Inequality Remains
DW, 15 June 2016
South Africans are celebrating four decades since the1976 Soweto uprising. An estimated 176 school children were shot and killed by the apartheid regime for marching against the… Read more »
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South Africa: This Youth Day, Let's Remember the Young People Stolen From Us By the Violence of Our History
The Daily Vox, 15 June 2016
Siboniso Tshabalala and Mbuyisa Makhubu were reported missing many, many, years ago. The Tshabalala and Makhubu families both participated in the Truth and Reconciliation… Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Education Commemorates Youth Day, 16 Jun
Govt of SA, 15 June 2016
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED), in collaboration with the Robben Island Museum (RIM), will commemorate Youth Day by hosting learners from across Cape Town at a school… Read more »
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South Africa: June 16 1976 - the Day Youth Changed South Africa's History
SA Info, 15 June 2016
Compiled by Mary Alexander Read more »
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South Africa: Four Decades On Nation Still Struggles With Violent Policing
The Conversation Africa, 13 June 2016
June days in South Africa can be dark, cold and short. The sun rises late and sets early. Highland frosts feel their way through blades of blemished veld; mists mask roads ahead… Read more »
South Africa Remembers June 16 Protest Killings
June 16 marks the day when students were gunned down by Apartheid police during protests against Bantu education in 1976.
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16 June 2014
June 16, 1976 Uprising, Students Relive The Day
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Today South Africa commemorates the 38th anniversary of the student uprising of June 16, 1976. The student-led protests in Soweto - known as the ... see more »
