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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 severely beaten by members of the SAP in Olifantshoek, Cape, on 16 June 1992, when she was caught up in a political demonstration commemorating the beginning of the Soweto uprising.
An ANC member and Civic Association chairperson who was shot and injured by members of the SAP. Chauke was injured in a previous encounter with SAP members, who had driven their vehicle over his leg in Mamelodi, Pretoria, on 21 June 1976 in the wake of the Soweto uprising.
An executive SASO member, was repeatedly detained and tortured by Security Police from July 1976 to December 1978. She was kept in solitary confinement in May 1976 because of SASO`s role in the Soweto uprising and was banned for five years in December 1978.
Was shot in the head by members of the SAP and the SADF on 21 September 1976 in Port Elizabeth in the wake of the 16 June Soweto uprising. Mr Mafongosi spent two months under police guard at Livingstone Hospital and was charged with public violence for which he served three years.
A school pupil who was arrested, beaten and tortured by members of the SAP at Guguletu police station, Cape Town, in October 1976, allegedly because he was accused of involvement in arson attacks during the Soweto uprising.
Was arrested and tortured by members of the SAP in detention at Amsterdam, Tvl, in November 1976. She and fifteen others were trying to leave the country after the clampdown following the 1976 Soweto uprising.
Was severely assaulted by alleged members of the SAP in Mankweng, Lebowa, in June 1976 during nationwide unrest that followed the Soweto uprising. He was allegedly targeted because his brother was a well-known ANC activist.
... municipal office in Makwassie, Tvl, where he was severely beaten by a named perpetrator for toyi-toying with friends in commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising. He was charged with public violence and received a five-year suspended ...
Was shot and seriously injured by members of the SAP in Mhluzi, Middelburg, Tvl, while playing soccer on 16 June 1976, the first day of the Soweto uprising.
Was arrested and beaten in detention during the 1976 Soweto uprising and went into exile in August that year. His family knew of his whereabouts in Botswana and Nigeria and later heard he was sick and living on the street in Canada. He has since disappeared and no one has heard from nor seen him ...
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured in her flat in Vosloorus, Transvaal, on 16 June 1992, the anniversary of the Soweto uprising. Armed attackers, allegedly IFP supporters, broke into the flat and opened fire. At least six people died in this attack.
Was arrested in 1977, kept in solitary confinement and tortured in various ways during his detention in the Transvaal following the Soweto uprising of 1976.
A self-defence unit (SDU) member who was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Evaton, Transvaal, on 15 June 1992, the eve of the anniversary of the Soweto uprising. Three SDU members were killed in the same attack which was the forerunner of a spate of similar shootings in the Transvaal.
Was shot dead in a shebeen in Vosloorus, Tvl, on 16 June 1992, the anniversary of the Soweto uprising, allegedly by IFP supporters. Seven people were killed in the attack and the shebeen owner lost an eye.
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured in a shebeen in Vosloorus, Tvl, on 16 June 1992, the anniversary of the Soweto uprising, allegedly by IFP supporters. Seven people died in the attack and the shebeen-owner lost an eye.
Was shot and blinded in one eye by members of the SAP in Athlone, Cape Town, in August 1976, after the Soweto uprising.
Was severely beaten and teargas was sprayed into her face by named members of the SAP on 16 June 1986 in Huhudi, Vryburg, Cape. She was arrested after attending a commemoration service of the 1976 Soweto uprising at a local church.
A UDF supporter who was severely beaten and teargas was sprayed into her face by named members of the SAP in Huhudi, Vryburg, Cape, on 16 June 1986. She was arrested after attending a commemoration service of the Soweto uprising at a local church.
Was shot by members of the SAP during a commemoration of the Soweto uprising in Duduza, Nigel, Tvl, on 16 June 1985.
Was allegedly beaten to death by members of the SADF on 15 June 1986 in Nelspruit, Tvl, during a commemoration of the Soweto uprising.
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