South Africa: 50 years after the Soweto riots, what remains of this turning point in the anti-apartheid revolt
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On June 16, 1976, the Soweto riots broke out, a massive uprising of black students against the imposition of Afrikaans in schools.
On June 16, 1976, the Soweto riots broke out, a massive uprising of black students against the imposition of Afrikaans in schools. Revolt violently repressed by the apartheid regime and became a major symbol of the fight against racial segregation in South Africa. Fifty years later, RFI met the sister of one of the iconic victims of this repression as well as young South Africans from this vast township located southwest of Johannesburg.
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