The 1976 students’ uprising was the first national protest movement by Black school students in the country’s history.
“Young, Gifted and Black”: the 1976 generation of activists
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Tsietsi Mashinini
1976…2026: The continuing struggle for education
Fifty years after the 1976 Soweto Uprising against Bantu Education and Afrikaans as a medium of instruction, the struggle for a dignified education in South Africa continues amid severe crises like overcrowding, teacher cuts, and the collapse of NSFAS, requiring a renewed political consciousness to achieve true liberation.
The Black Student Rebellion of 1976
A defining feature of the 1976 uprising was the decisive entry of black students onto the stage of history.
From Turfloop to Soweto and back again: the dialectic of 1976
This June, remember the students of Soweto, but also remember their comrades at Turfloop, and their inheritors at North West University, Fort Hare, and other campuses that rarely make headlines.