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Special Report Transcript Episode 52, Section 5, Time 21:58

Tomorrow is June 16, Freedom Day. Exactly 21 years ago Soweto students rose up against Bantu education and repression in general. The revolt soon spread countrywide and had a profound effect on our country’s history. We prepared a collage of visuals and sound last year to commemorate this event. We’ve been asked to broadcast it again. This is a shorter edited version. All the visuals were shot in June 1976.

Notes: Max du Preez

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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 ...
 
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