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Soweto Uprising
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Matric History (Apartheid (1970/80s)) Mind Map on Soweto Uprising, created by field.sophie on 09/02/2014.
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Soweto Uprising
End of quite peaceful period
Influenced by BC
Involved & planned by youth
Play major part in BC
First time
South African Students' Movement
Spread BC ideas
Against being forced to accept another culture's language
SASO strong in schools
Debating/discussion clubs
Encouraged youth to fight for rights
Never before seen black passion & strength
Had been protests before
Didn't last as long
Not as determined
June 16 1976
Black student uprising
Protest against Afrikaans as black medium of education
Instated 1975
Part of Bantu Education System
Inferior black schools
Few teachers/resources/classrooms, limited cirriculum
Only prepared blacks for unskilled work
Soweto
Overcrowding, poor facilities, no political representation
Students met by large police group
Ordered them to leave
Students refused
Police used tear gass
Students threw stones
Police shot students
No negotiation/warning
Many shot in back running away
Hector Pieterson
13yr old black boy
Shot dead
Famous photos of body being carried
Shocked world
Caused condemnation of SA gov
Created wave of violence
Across SA
1978
Gov forcefully regained control
700 blacks died
6000 arrested
Violent protest was norm for rest of Apartheid
Gov backed down on language policy
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