It saw the deaths of Hector Pieterson and Hastings Ndlovu when Col. Kleingeld shot into the crowd, which was protesting a decree by J.G. Erasmus about instruction in a certain language as well as the government of John Vorster.
This event began at Orlando Stadium, and one of its leaders was a student at Morris Isaacson High School. It saw the deaths of Hector Pieterson and Hastings Ndlovu when Col. Kleingeld shot into the crowd, which was protesting a decree by J.G. Erasmus about instruction in a certain language as well as the government of John Vorster. Led by Tsietsi Mashinini, it inspired a new Black Consciousness Movement and increased the role of the ANC. FTP, identify this 1976 student riot to protest the teaching of Afrikaans in the namesake black township of Johannesburg.
This event began at Orlando Stadium, and one of its leaders was a student at Morris Isaacson High School.
{Soweto} Uprising (accept {Soweto Riots})