Youth Month | Class of 76' retraces historic march route

1976 Soweto Uprising leader, Seth Mazibuko, has been overwhelmed by the turnout of people who retraced the historic march that claimed hundreds of lives. This year's Youth Day commemorations mark 50 years since the apartheid government opened fire on unarmed schoolchildren during the Soweto Uprising. The courageous youth of 1976 took to the streets in protest against the unilateral decision to impose Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools. Mazibuko was among the youngest members of the South African Students' Organisation, which helped mobilise and lead the march.

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