Maria explains that is it important to visit the “tourist sites” like Nelson Mandela’s house; the bustling Vilakazi Street filled with stalls, shops and cafes; and the Hector Pieterson memorial that ...

South Africans marked the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising, that led to a deadly crackdown. Denis Farrell / AP ...

Nzima, 75, is best known for his June 16, 1976 image of Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old who was one of the first to die from police gunfire during the Soweto Uprising.

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.

Thirty-seven years ago today, Soweto erupted in a violent protest against apartheid-era education. The Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976, was a turning point for the resistance movement against the ...

SOWETO - It’s Youth Day, a public holiday that marks the powerful legacy of 16 June 1976. That's when young people took to the streets of Soweto to fight against Afrikaans as a medium of ...

In 1976, the Johannesburg township of Soweto erupted into protest. Students were furious with the government decision to make Afrikaans a language of instruction in South African schools.

ON Monday, South Africa will once again light candles, wave flags, and sing tributes in honour of the young people who stood fearlessly against apartheid during the 1976 Soweto Uprising. There ...

Travelling through South Africa, Annabel Grossman finds that Soweto – a township often associated with crime and poverty – is worth far more than just a cursory glance, with a wealth of music, culture ...