Thirty years after the Soweto uprising, anti-apartheid activists are respected members of society who live in comfortable homes, encapsulating how far South Africa has come in 12 years of ...

President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans through the streets of Soweto on Friday, retracing the steps of protesters who galvanized the anti-apartheid struggle 30 years ago.

On June 16, 1976, security forces opened fire on black youngsters protesting in Soweto township against a government order that schools could only teach in the Afrikaans language used by whites.

It was where South Africa’ s Freedom Charter was signed in 1955; it helped foster the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s; and was the site of the bloody Soweto uprising in 1976, a major ...

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 ...

Thirty years ago, the uprising of a group of schoolchildren forever changed South Africa's history. What began as a protest against a government education policy became a watershed moment in the ...

The 1976 uprising started as a student protest in Soweto against being forced to study in Afrikaans, the Dutch-based language of the white rulers who designed the system of racial oppression known ...

People attend a commemoration at the Hector Petersen Memorial in Soweto on the 45th anniversary of the Soweto uprising Wednesday, June 16, 2021. On the morning of June 16, 1976, thousands of black ...

Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Walter Sisulu and Zeph Mothopeng all lived here. It was where South Africa’ s Freedom Charter was signed in 1955; it helped foster the Black Consciousness ...

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 ...