Author: Elsabé Brink
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795701320
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The sixteenth of June 2001 is the 25th anniversary of the Soweto youth uprising, an event commemorated in this book as ordinary people recollect their experiences of those fateful days in their own words. From interviews with 26 people who were enrolled at schools across Soweto in 1976, interspersed with extracts from the report of the Cillie Commission, the events are reconstructed, giving a nuanced and revealing picture of the time. For some of the interviewees, participating in this book was the first opportunity they ever had of talking about what happened and how it has affected their lives since. historical photographs enhance the text and create a visual flash-back to a time when police vans, uniforms, fashions, vehicles, houses and Soweto streets looked very different to today. A short authoritative introduction by a respected historian provides context. This book aims to look back at the Soweto uprising through the eyes of ordinary youngsters who experienced it themselves. It makes our sad history come alive, in a gripping reconstruction which cannot but leave one touched.
Author: Julian Brown
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847011411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Conclusion: Consequences -- Bibliography -- Index
Author: Edgar H. Brookes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000624412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Originally published in 1968, this volume traces the history and growth of Apartheid in South Africa. The acts which enforced Apartheid – the Group Areas Act, Population and Registration Act are given in full. The book also includes documents which reflected reaction to these measures: Parliamentary debates, newspaper reports and policy statements by the leading political parties and religious denominations. The documents are headed by a full historical and analytical introduction.
Author: Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780869754917
Category : Afrikaans language
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Author: Elsabé Brink
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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This book commemorates the event by featuring interviews with 30 people who were at school during the uprising. The book is structured around different focal points such as: events leading up to 16 June, the day itself, the aftermath of the uprising, the influence and effect it had on the lives of the various interviewees. Private photographs of the interviewees then and now round off the text. A short authoritative introduction by a respected historian places the event in context.
Author: Baruch Hirson
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Author: Noor Nieftagodien
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821445235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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The Soweto uprising was a true turning point in South Africa’s history. Even to contemporaries, it seemed to mark the beginning of the end of apartheid. This compelling book examines both the underlying causes and the immediate factors that led to this watershed event. It looks at the crucial roles of Black Consciousness ideology and nascent school-based organizations in shaping the character and form of the revolt. What began as a peaceful and coordinated demonstration rapidly turned into a violent protest when police opened fire on students. This short history explains the uprising and its aftermath from the perspective of its main participants, the youth, by drawing on a rich body of oral histories.
Author: Sahm Venter
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 9781770092358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of June 16, 1976--now called Youth Day in South Africa--this book provides an account of the events leading up to the Soweto uprising, which was ignited by police brutality toward students protesting the compulsory teaching of half their subjects in Afrikaans. Thumbnail sketches of key leaders such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Tsietsie Mashinini, Sam Nzima, and Hector Pieterson are included, as well as a list of documentary movies and other resources to widen the knowledge of young people about crucial aspects of South Africa's struggle against apartheid.
Author: Doctor Julian Brown
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1783603003
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Twenty years on from South Africa's first democratic election, the post-apartheid political order is more fractured, and more fractious, than ever before. Police violence seems the order of the day – whether in response to a protest in Ficksburg or a public meeting outside a mine in Marikana. For many, this has signalled the end of the South African dream. Politics, they declare, is the preserve of the corrupt, the self-interested, the incompetent and the violent. They are wrong. Julian Brown argues that a new kind of politics can be seen on the streets and in the courtrooms of the country. This politics is made by a new kind of citizen – one that is neither respectful nor passive, but instead insurgent. The collapse of the dream of a consensus politics is not a cause for despair. South Africa's political order is fractured, and in its cracks new forms of activity, new leaders and new movements are emerging.
Author: Harry Mashabela
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 9781770092082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Twenty years after it was first published, this edition is being reissued to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the political uprising in South Africa and the ongoing struggle for better education. An updated account by a black newspaper journalist, it reflects on the tumultuous events of 1976 that became a watershed in South African politics and helped to change the course of the country's history. This examination looks both at the background of the uprising and its effects on the people of South Africa.
