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‘Then the firing started’: the Soweto uprising remembered 50 years on
16 June 1976 is not just another chapter in the history books, nor is its aftermath and legacy, say those who took part and their families The day of 16 June 1976 began peacefully in Soweto. Student leaders at high schools across the sprawling Johannesburg township, to which the…
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