What was the name of the 13 year old boy who was killed during the Soweto uprising in 1976?
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What was the name of the 13 year old boy who was killed during the Soweto uprising in 1976?
Hector Pieterson
The image of 13 year old Hector Pieterson, who was the first child shot dead by apartheid police during the Soweto uprising, has become an iconic image.
Why did the Soweto massacre happen?
massive uprising known as the Soweto Rebellion, which began as a protest against the government’s insistence that the Afrikaans language be used as the medium of instruction in Soweto’s high schools. Years of violence and repression followed.
What happened on the 16 June 1976 in Soweto?
The June 16 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that triggered the uprising can be traced back to policies of the Apartheid government that resulted in the introduction of the Bantu Education Act in 1953.
Who planned the Soweto uprising?
A student from Morris Isaacson High School, Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini, proposed a meeting on 13 June 1976 to discuss what should be done. Students formed an Action Committee, later known as the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, which organised a mass rally for 16 June to make themselves heard.
Who Organised the Soweto uprising?
How many students died in the Soweto uprising?
Students vehemently refused to be taught in Afrikaans. In just 10 days of rioting, the official death toll was 174 Blacks and two Whites.
Was Mbuyisa Makhubo ever found?
As of 2020, his whereabouts still remain unknown. The same year, a four-episode documentary titled Through The Cracks, which was released on 44th anniversary of the uprising on June 16, 2020, provided some previously untold details about Makhubu’s life.
Why Hastings Ndlovu is not remembered in history?
Hastings Ndlovu was a fifteen year old boy at the time of the Soweto Youth Uprising in 1976. He is widely believed to be the first boy who was shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from which he died in hospital.
Who was the leader of Soweto Uprising?
Tsietsi Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini (1957 – ) Awarded for: For his bravery and leadership of the Soweto Student Uprising of 16 June 1976.
