SAE3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 2023.

SAE3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 2023. 15 MARCH 2023 SAE3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 – The Soweto uprising happened on June 16th, 1976. It was a protest against introducing Afrikaans as a medium in black schools all over South-Africa. It was estimated that around 20,000 students took part in this protest against the movement. Black South African high school students in Soweto protested the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in equal terms as languages of instruction. The association of Afrikaans with apartheid prompted black South Africans to prefer English. Tsietsi Mashinini led students from Morris Isaacson High School to join up with others who walked from Naledi High School. The students began the march, only to find out that police had barricaded the road along their intended route. The leader of the action committee asked the crowd not to provoke the police, and the march continued on another route and eventually ended up near Orlando High School. The crowd of between 3,000 and 10,000 students made its way towards the area of the school. Students sang and waved placards with slogans such as, "Down with Afrikaans", "Viva Azania" and "If we must do Afrikaans, Vorster must do Zulu".