Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with which the apartheid regime encountered it, Mrs Winnie Mandela made an impassioned plea at a meeting of Soweto residents calling for Black pride and unity.
Archive record
Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the

- Origin date
- June 1976
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120056
South African History Online (2016) 'Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120056 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120056, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120056. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Speech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120056.
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African National Congress (ANC)
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Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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