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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 by members of the SAP on 16 June 1976 during the first day of the Soweto uprising. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and severely injured by members of the security forces in August 1976 in Langa, Cape Town, after the Soweto uprising had spread to Cape Town. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and blinded in one eye by members of the SAP in Guguletu, Cape Town, after the Soweto uprising in 1976. See Soweto uprising.
Was severely assaulted by SAP members in a Cape Town prison in June 1976, and again in June 1980. Following the Soweto uprising, Mr Hartley and other supporters had participated in a Cape Town march which ended with arson attacks and stone throwing. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 24 August 1976, during a stayaway organised by the Soweto Students Representative Council in the wake of the 1976 Soweto uprising.
He died three days after he was shot by members of the SAP on 16 June 1976 in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg, during the Soweto uprising. 575 people were killed and 2 380 people injured during the uprising in clashes between protesters and police.
Was severely beaten by members of the Riot Police and bitten by a police dog in Langa, Cape Town, on 2 September 1976. He was part of a student group that assembled at Langa station to join protest marches to Cape Town as part of the Soweto uprising. See Soweto uprising.
Was beaten and shot by members of the SAP in Langa, Cape, on 15 August 1976, during the Soweto uprising. In 1977 he was tortured while in detention for nine months in Cape Town and Bloemfontein. See Soweto uprising.
... of the SAP in Namakgale, Lebowa, on 16 June 1993. The ANCYL clashed with police en route to a stadium to mark the seventeenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising. Eleven other people were detained with Emmanuel and they were all charged with public violence. The charges were later dropped. See ...
An ANC supporter who was shot and injured on 24 October 1976 by members of the SAP in Soweto, Transvaal, in the aftermath of the Soweto uprising. She was later detained in solitary confinement in Jabulani, Soweto, Johannesburg, from 13 October 1978.
Was shot by members of the SAP in Dube, Transvaal, on 26 August 1976 in the aftermath of the Soweto uprising. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and injured by members of the SAP in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town in 1976 while walking home from church during the Soweto uprising. See Soweto uprising.
... who lost the sight of one eye when she was kicked, sjambokked and tear-gassed in Mdantsane, Ciskei, on 16 June 1986 during a commemoration of the Soweto uprising when members of the Ciskei Police threw teargas canisters into the church hall. See Soweto uprising. ...
... for five years which resulted in him losing his job as a photojournalist. He was continually harassed by police during his coverage of the 1976 Soweto uprising and in 1985 he was injured when police opened fire with birdshot. See Soweto uprising. ...
Was shot on the right elbow by a named SAP member in Jouberton, Klerksdorp, Transvaal, in the wake of the Soweto uprising of June 1976. See Soweto uprising.
Was shot and killed by members of the SAP in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg, on 16 June 1976 during the Soweto uprising. During the uprising 575 people were killed and 2 380 others were injured in clashes between protesters and members of the SAP and the riot unit. Most of the protesters were ...
Was shot by members of the SAP in Noordgesig, Johannesburg, on 16 June 1980 while walking home with his grandmother. Political tension in the area was high as many people were commemorating the Soweto uprising of 1976. See Soweto uprising.
Was tortured in detention by members of the SAP in Daveyton, Transvaal, on 5 November 1977 in the aftermath of the Soweto uprising. See Soweto uprising.
Was detained in Elsies River, Cape Town, on 15 June 1986, during a church service commemorating the start of the 1976 Soweto uprising. The entire congregation of one hundred and eighty nine people was detained. Ms Ziegler was held under emergency regulations for twenty seven days at Pollsmoor ...
... injured after being beaten by members of the SAP who disrupted a party he was attending in Robertson, Cape, in September 1976. In the wake of the Soweto uprising there were incidents of stone throwing in Robertson. Saul was later arrested and forced to sign a statement admitting sabotage and as ...
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