June 16 Flashcards
What happens on the morning of 16 June 1976
20 000 school children in Soweto went on a protest march
What were the children protesting for
They were protesting against having to use Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in arithmetic and social studies at school.
How do the protest start off and how did it end
Did anyone die ?
The march started off peacefully.
Thereafter the police opened fire on the protesting students.
A 13 year old boy named Hector Pieterson was shot by the police
Who was the first child to be shot by the police
, 15 year-old boy ,Hastings Ndlovu, was in fact the first child to be shot, but there were no photographers on the scene at the time of his death,
Therefore media has it that Hector Pieterson was the first child to be shot
Which school was Hector Pieterson from
Orlando high
It’s is said that the picture of the dead Hector Pieterson is iconic
What does it symbolize
The picture Hector Pieterson symbolises the whole liberation movement
What happened after June 16
What’s as 1867 considered in SA history
Chaos broke loose throughout the whole of Soweto
the following week, 176 people had died.
Within the next few months, the protests and clashes with the police had spread to 160 black townships
1976 was a turning point in South African history.
The apartheid government increased its repression.
What did the do ?
The Internal Security Amendment Act replaced the Suppression of Communism Act.
This new act gave more powers to the Minister of Justice and included the declaration of unlawful organisations, prohibition of publications, prohibition of attendance at gatherings, the restriction of persons to certain areas, detention of persons in custody and witnesses.
