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Soweto uprising

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On 16 June 1976, police opened fire on approximately 10 000 school students in Soweto during a protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools. The shootings provoked extensive unrest and protest throughout Soweto, spreading over the following months to several other regions in South Africa, particularly Cape Town. Around 575 people were killed, 390 in the Transvaal and 137 in the western Cape. Over 2000 people were injured. Arrests, deaths in detention and trials followed the revolt, and the first members of the 'Class of 76' left South Africa for training in armed resistance.

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Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 17 June 1977 at KwaNobuhle, Port Elizabeth, during violent political unrest following a march held the previous day to commemorate the Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured by members of the SADF on 15 June 1986 in Nelspruit, Transvaal, during a night vigil held to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Paarl, Cape, on 9 September 1976, while walking in the street. Three women were shot dead in Paarl that day, after the Soweto uprising had spread to the Cape.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on 2 September 1976. He was on his way to buy bread during the political unrest following the Soweto uprising.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Athlone, Cape Town, on 16 September 1976, while she was standing on the balcony of her third floor flat watching police action against protesters after the Soweto uprising.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Montagu, Cape, on 11 September 1976. He was in a vehicle with other protesters when he was shot at after the Soweto uprising had spread to a number of rural Cape towns.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Ravensmead, Cape Town, on 7 September 1976, after the Soweto uprising.
Was arrested with ten friends on 16 June 1986 in Carnavon, Cape, for wearing black ties commemorating those who died in the Soweto uprising. He was repeatedly beaten by named members of the SAP at the police station and detained for seventy two days under emergency regulations in Carnarvon, and ...
Botha died after being shot by SAP members in Retreat, Cape Town, on 8 September 1976, soon after the Soweto uprising.
Was detained on 21 July 1976 and then beaten and tortured with electric shocks. During his period of employment at the Witbank Hospital in the Transvaal he illegally supplied food to children injured during the Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured in the face and body by members of the SAP in Saldanha Bay, Cape, in June 1986, after students and community organisations had marched to town in commemoration of the Soweto uprising.
Was shot by police as he walked down a street in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on 17 June 1980, during unrest and protest in the area commemorating the Soweto uprising. As a result of the shooting, he is partially paralysed.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Clarke Estate, Cape Town, on 16 September 1976, after the Soweto uprising.
Was knocked down by a police vehicle while walking home in Alexandra, Johannesburg, during the 1976 Soweto uprising.
Was shot dead in Evaton, Transvaal, on 15 June 1992 on the eve of the sixteenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising. His brother also died in this attack.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Elsies River, Cape Town, on 17 June 1980, during a stayaway held to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising.
A COSAS member who was shot by members of the SAP in Messina, Transvaal, during a commemoration of the Soweto uprising on 16 June 1982.
Was shot dead by a named member of the SAP in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on 2 September 1976, during the Soweto uprising.
Was tortured in detention by named members of the Security Branch at West Bank prison, East London. While attending a commemorative service for the Soweto uprising on 16 June 1986 in Duncan Village, he was arrested and detained for six months.
Was beaten and tear-gassed by members of the SAP in Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 16 June 1986 during a commemorative service for the Soweto uprising.
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