Is another brick in the wall banned in South Africa?
39 years ago today, the South African government issued a ban on Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)’, after the lyrics were used by school children to protest their inferior education in apartheid-era black schools.
What happened on the 16th of June 1976?
The Soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality and many were shot and killed.
What did South Africa do to end apartheid?
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of negotiations between 1990 and 1993 and through unilateral steps by the de Klerk government. The negotiations resulted in South Africa’s first non-racial election, which was won by the African National Congress.
Why was the Soweto uprising important?
The June 16 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa. Events that triggered the uprising can be traced back to policies of the Apartheid government that resulted in the introduction of the Bantu Education Act in 1953.
How did the Black Consciousness Movement contribute to the Soweto uprising of 1976?
The Black Consciousness Movement heavily supported the protests against the policies of the apartheid regime which led to the Soweto uprising in June 1976. The protests began when it was decreed that black students be forced to learn Afrikaans, and that many secondary school classes were to be taught in that language.
Who implemented the apartheid system?
When did apartheid start? Racial segregation had long existed in white minority-governed South Africa, but the practice was extended under the government led by the National Party (1948–94), and the party named its racial segregation policies apartheid (Afrikaans: “apartness”).