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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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A PAC supporter who was severely beaten by members of the ISU in Kagiso, Transvaal, on 17 June 1985, the day after a commemoration in the township of the Soweto uprising.
... who was reported by his family as missing. The Commission established that he had gone into exile from Port Elizabeth after being wounded in the Soweto uprising. Some time later he was detained by ANC security in Angola. Following mutinies in the Viana and Pango camps in 1984, two ANC military ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP in Sebokeng, Tvl, in August 1976 in the wake of the Soweto uprising in which 575 people were killed and 2 380 people were injured in clashes with police. Most of the protesters were youths or schoolchildren.
Was severely beaten and detained in Pacaltsdorp, George, Cape, on 13 September 1976 during student protests following the Soweto uprising. He was held at the George police station for a week where he was again severely beaten. He was forced to give a statement. He was convicted of public violence ...
She suffered constant police harassment in the form of nightly raids and was detained several times during 1976 because her children were political activists and her eldest son was suspected of being a leader in the Soweto uprising.
... Organisation member who was tortured by members of the SAP when he was arrested in Vryburg, Cape, on 18 June 1985 following a commemoration of the Soweto uprising. He was arrested again in November 1985, and tortured to elicit a confession of murder. Mr Kgobadi was eventually sentenced to two ...
Was shot and severely injured by alleged members of the SAP in Duduza, Nigel, Tvl, on 16 June 1976, the first day of the Soweto uprising. Ms Nkosi was seven months pregnant at the time and later gave birth to a partially blind and mentally retarded baby.
Was shot dead by members of the SAP during widespread unrest in Langa on 11 August 1976, after the Soweto uprising erupted in Cape Town. His family’s shop was also burnt down by protesting youths that day.
Was arrested by police on 16 June 1986 after attending a commemoration of the Soweto uprising in Huhudi, Vryburg, Cape. She was taken with others to a site outside the town where they were sprayed with teargas by named and other members of the SAP. She was then detained under emergency regulations. ...
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Nelspruit, Tvl, on 15 June 1986, the eve of the commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising.
An IFP supporter who was severely injured when he was assaulted by a group of ANC supporters at Inanda, near KwaMashu, Durban, on 16 June 1991. He was accused of going to work in defiance of a stayaway call to commemorate the Soweto uprising.
Was arrested with ten other friends in Carnarvon, Cape, on 16 June 1986, 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 under the emergency regulations for 72 days at Carnarvon and ...
Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 11 August 1976 in Langa, Cape Town, during the Soweto uprising. Over 20 people were shot dead that day.
A UDF supporter who was shot in the hand and arrested on 16 June 1984 when police attacked a commemoration of the Soweto uprising in Graaff-Reinet, Cape. He was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for public violence.
Was arrested with ten other friends in Carnarvon, Cape, on 16 June 1986, 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 72 days under emergency regulations at Carnarvon and then ...
Was given harmful chemical substances while in detention at Benoni, Transvaal, in September 1976. He was detained while demonstrating for the release of people arrested during the Soweto uprising in June 1976.
Was shot by members of the SAP in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on 25 August 1976, and died six days later, during the Soweto uprising.
Was driving in his car in Alexandra, Johannesburg, when he was shot dead by members of the SAP on 18 June 1976. The car overturned and he and his passenger were both killed. This was one of many attacks that took place in Alexandra on this day, just after the Soweto uprising began.
Was shot dead by a named civilian who owned a factory in Ravensmead, Cape Town, on 9 September 1976. Fearing an attack by riots in the wake of the Soweto uprising, he opened fire and shot Naomi, who was playing with other children nearby.
Was shot and injured, allegedly by IFP supporters, in a shebeen in Vosloorus, Tvl, on 16 June 1992, the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising. Seven people died in the attack and the shebeen-owner lost an eye.
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