Date: 9 June, 1976

Pupils at Naledi High School vented their anger by burning out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first indication of African unrest at Soweto schools was noticed by government authorities on 4 June, who reported it to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and of Bantu Education, M. C. Botha. On that date 2 000 Black students had been on strike in Soweto, protesting against the compelled use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction of 50% of subjects in secondary schools.

Source:

Keesing's Contemporary Archives, 13 August 1976, p. 27886

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