JUNE 16: Honouring the Language Legacy of the 1976 Soweto Uprising
The date of June 16 marks a pivotal moment in South Africa’s history, where in 1976 thousands of black learners rose in protest against the imposition of Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction in black schools, known as the Soweto Uprising. This collective act of defiance was not only a rejection of an oppressive […]