, Assignment 02
QUESTION 1
The Soweto uprising in 1976 contributed largely in changing, among other
things, the landscape of the education system in South Africa.
Write an essay to respond to the question: What can we learn from the youth
of 1976, and are these lessons still applicable to the youth of today?
Consult Hyslop, 1999. The classroom struggle: policy and resistance in South
Africa 1940-1990 for a start. You are free to consult other works on this topic.
Please note the following:
• Please note that your essay has to be divided into an introduction, body and
conclusion.
• Your essay must not exceed 6 (six) typed pages.
• Please acknowledge the sources of your information.
• Do not copy directly from the sources – paraphrase.
• Provide your essay with a bibliography.
• The bibliography must be in alphabetical order, for example:
Higgs, P & Smith, J. 2016. Philosophy of education today: an introduction.
Cape Town: Juta. Mkhabela, Q & Luthuli, PC. 1997. Towards an African
philosophy of education. Pretoria.
What started off as a harmless demonstrational march, turned into a brutal, violent
riot that spread across South Africa. On June 16, 1976, police responded to a huge
mass of protesting students and teachers, with tear gas and live bullets. The people
referred to it as “cold-blooded murder”. All they wanted was a better education that
they weren’t getting. The education act that was passed by the Bantu Education
Department is what sparked the fire in the people of Soweto, South Africa, which
caused only the beginning of the huge conflict. Protests and riots started spreading
rapidly. Most of the townships covering Southern Africa were involved. It even
caused a world-wide boycott of South African produce. This historical event was
known as the Soweto Uprising. The students were protesting the South African
apartheid administration. They ended up being the most violent riots that the
administration had ever experienced.
The Bantu Education Department enforced a law requiring that the language,
Afrikaans, be the only language that secondary education be taught in. Afrikaans
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