“We grabbed a police dog and stoned it to death,” Kutumela, 18 at the time, said on the eve of the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising, which sparked a wave of riots. Thirty years ...

a Soweto schoolyard where the government opened fire on thousands of children, marching in protest. The Soweto Uprising was 25 tomorrow.

As the country marks the anniversary of what is known as the Soweto Uprising—which has now been designated a national holiday, Youth Day—here are five things you should know about an event ...

More than 500 young people were estimated killed in the Soweto Uprising and its bloody aftermath. Thousands of others disappeared into detention or fled the country to join the guerrilla fight ...

Sarafina!', which was inspired by the events of the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, will be released across 41 cinemas in South Africa today, Thursday 15 June 2006, the day before the ...

JOHANNESBURG – South Africans are commemorating the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg that led ...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a pivotal event in South African history. I recently returned from a trip to South Africa, and I found the spirit of Soweto still strong.

Today the 'Soweto Uprising' is seen as a defining moment in the struggle against Apartheid. Here, former student activist Oupa Molota recalls his memories of the day: To view the advanced features of ...

The 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in South Africa is on 16 June: the day school pupils took to the streets of a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, to protest against the standards of ...

SOWETO, South Africa -- President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans on a march Friday in the footsteps of children whose bloody uprising 30 years ago reshaped the struggle to end apartheid.

Join our Whatsapp channel SOWETO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-nation African trip on Sunday paying tribute to the Soweto Uprising, a student protest whose tragic ending ...