QUESTION 1
The Soweto uprising in 1976 contributed largely in changing, among other things, the landscape of the education system in South Africa.
South African schools were rocked by a massive youth uprising in 1976. This uprising would last for years and play a significant role in the anti-A...
, QUESTION 1
The Soweto uprising in 1976 contributed largely in changing, among other things, the
landscape of the education system in South Africa.
South African schools were rocked by a massive youth uprising in 1976. This uprising would last
for years and play a significant role in the anti-Apartheid movement. However, it developed from
an educational system that supported Apartheid policies. By concentrating on the daily lives of
the instructors and students, Teachers' and parents' resistance was muzzled in the 1950s, In the
1950s, criticism from parents and teachers was stifled, and it appeared that the new system had
stabilized. However, by the middle of the 1970s, internal divisions had created the right
environment for revolt. In addition, The Bantu Education Act was introduced in 1953 as a result
of policies of the Apartheid administration that can be linked to the events that precipitated the
revolt. Many students' political awareness was increased by the growth of the Black
Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the founding of the South African Students Organization
(SASO), while others joined the upsurge in anti-Apartheid feeling among their peers. Black
pupils started organizing themselves in 1974, when Afrikaans instruction alongside English
became a requirement in schools. On June 16, 1976, between 20 000 students were mobilized by
the Action Committee of the South African Students Movement with the assistance of the BCM,
and they marched in a peaceful protest against the government order. The gathering in Orlando
Stadium planned to serve as the march's finale.
Secondly, Young people in South Africa made the decision to stand up to white dominance,
ending the country's black population's complacency and igniting a new militancy in the fight
against apartheid. Among other things, the current generation of young people in South Africa is
sometimes characterized as lost, indifferent, and lethargic.
It is imperative to create an alternative narrative of young people in South Africa, one in which
they continue to be active citizens despite the daily struggles they face with poverty,
unemployment, and crime. Twenty years after the country's democratic transition, it still faces
difficulties related to the systemic deprivation and marginalization of most of its citizens. Years
of poverty and covert apartheid policies resulted in a racially divided society that was built on
appalling inequality and assured that most of our people were doomed to poverty. The black
majority in South Africa suffered from inadequate housing, inferior education, unfair and
discriminatory labor practices, a biased legal system and travel restrictions, economic and
political isolation, racial and ethnic animosity, and spiritual repression. Many young people,
including Steve Biko, Tsietsi Mashinini, Solomon Mahlangu, and countless more, devoted their
youth to the revolutionary battle against this brutal apartheid system that attempted to obstruct
and marginalize the vast majority of our people.
Thirdly, The prevailing narrative regarding the young people in South Africa today is that they
are "the future" and "the lost generation." This characterization has to be contested and
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