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World Service,02 Jul 1997,28 mins

The Day Apartheid Died - Soweto Uprising

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Memories of the day on June 16th 1976 when secondary students in Soweto protesting against forced tuition in Afrikaans were fired on by South African authorities. Contributors include Tsietsi Mashinini, protest organiser.

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