soweto uprising

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mass protest on

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16 June 1976

over being forced to use Afrikaner schools

Question 2

assembled

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10,000 school children

police responded with tear gas

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the soweto incident

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inflamed townships and days of rioting followed

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government response

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on 26 June the government dropped the law about Afrikaans in schools

shows the children had won

Question 5

result for students

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many left SA to join MK in Zambia and Tanzania

Question 6

Botha and constitutional change

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introduced a three house parliament - Indians, Coloureds and Whites

the proportion of whites dominated so Indians and Coloureds didn’t have a vote in foreign affairs

Question 7

1984-6

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more than 3000 deaths, 30,000 detentions and great damage to property as well as SA image abroad

caused by Botha’s policies

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ANC

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had hoped to make SA ungovernable

instead a state of emergency was declared, involving tight media control and political repression

Question 9

uprisings of 1984-6

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precipitated a financial crisis

had difficulty attracting foreign capital and the currency collapsed

Question 10

the economy showed that

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government repression couldn’t last indefinitely