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Radio 4,06 Nov 2014,11 mins

The Soweto Uprising

Witness History

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In 1976 schoolchildren marched through Soweto to protest against a decision by the South African government to force them to study in Afrikaans. But security forces policing the march opened fire and the Soweto Uprising began. Bongi Mkhabela was a schoolgirl who helped organise the protest.

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