Not many people would be aware of the name, Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, despite the fact that he’s regarded by many as the ‘father’ of the 1976 Soweto Uprising. In fact, Tiro is one of countless forgotten heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle – a revolution takes an army, and overcoming the apartheid regime took the will […]
Tag archives: Soweto Uprising
Apartheid Legislation
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are currently in the process of challenging the constitutionality of the Riotous Assemblies Act, No 17 of 1956 and the Trespass Act, No. 6 of 1959, both pieces of legislation that were passed under the previous political regime, and as such deemed by many to be ‘apartheid laws’. The EFF may […]
Inhlangano Yabafundi: South African Students Organisation
Inhlangano Yabafundi: South African Students Organisation Umbhikisho wabafundi obunedumela kulonyaka odlule uthi awufane nombhikisho owenzeka eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane edlule lapho amalungu enhlangano yabafundi i-National Union of South African Students ahlubuka aqala inhlangano eyaziwa nge South African Students Organisation (SASO). Nakuba umshikashika we-Fees Must Fall ubonwa sengathi wawufuna ushintsho lwenzeke ngokushesha, kanjalo nemibono yamalunga e-SASO […]
Biko, Turner & the Soweto Uprising
This Sunday we commemorate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, which culminated on the 16th June 1976 when hundreds of youth were killed at the hands of the state. It’s widely accepted that the student protests were a response to the government’s intention to introduce Afrikaans as the compulsory medium of instruction in schools. But […]
The South African Students Organisation
The political student activity that has been very much a part of the South African landscape for the past year is in some ways reminiscent of protest action seen some forty-plus years ago when members of the National Union of South African Students broke away to form the South African Student Organisation (SASO). Just as […]