Soweto Uprising
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- Establishment of Bantu Shools - 1953
- Afrikaans Medium Decree - 1974
- Afrikaans Only Curriculum
- Strike Begins - 1975
- WE DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK AFRIKAANS!
- The Bantu Education Act was established during Apartheid in order to teach black students only blue-collared jobs. This impacted students' education as they were taught poorly, as well as to ensure that newer black generations will stay poor and separated from the white population.
- Soweto Uprising - 1976
- The Afrikaans Medium Decree changes the law that all Bantu schools now only teach their subjects in Afrikaans and English, pushing out other native languages from South Africa. And many students disliked the changes because Afrikaans are considered their oppressors.
- Death of Hector Pieterson
- A small strike began after the Afrikaans Medium Decree, spreading to other schools in Soweto. This involved a peaceful protest, involving over 10,000 students, to boycott the Bantu schools. Teachers also supported some strikes. Tietse Mashinini is a prominent activist who led the strike.
- Photo was Brought to the World
- The protest began to escalate as 15,000 heavily armored policemen were deployed by the government. The police began to shoot when they released their dogs, which were clubbed to death by the protestor, and the protestors began to chant banned native songs during the protesting. This lasted 3 days resulting in 500/600 deaths and 12,000 wounded, with only 2 white people being killed.
- Down BAAS
- The shooting during the Soweto uprising resulted in the death of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson. The illegal photograph capturing the man carrying the boy's body alongside his sister was taken by Sam Nzima. The man who carried the body was soon exiled from his country and went missing.
- The photograph was put in the global newspaper and the consequence of apartheid was seen by many countries. The photo was quickly banned and Sam Nzima had to give up his job and was under house arrest. After the fall of apartheid, the Hector Pieterson Memorial was established.
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