A short history of the riots against new education laws that turned into a mass collective rejection of apartheid South Africa by thousands of working class black youths. The Soweto riots of 1976 were ...

As the country marks the anniversary of what is known as the Soweto Uprising—which has now been designated a national holiday, Youth Day—here are five things you should know about an event ...

The 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in South Africa is on 16 June: the day school pupils took to the streets of a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, to protest against the standards of ...

Dozens of Diepkloof residents took to the streets, accusing the City of Joburg of ignoring their pleas to develop vacant land ...

More than 500 young people were estimated killed in the Soweto Uprising and its bloody aftermath. Thousands of others disappeared into detention or fled the country to join the guerrilla fight ...

The Soweto uprising and the riots that spread to other township are seen as a milestone in the growth of the movement against white minority rule, which was finally ended in 1994. In a sombre speech, ...

Police said the truck driver accelerated through a crowd in an attempt to escape the looting, injuring multiple people.

In June 1976, the choir members' home — Soweto — was the site of one of South Africa's worst race riots. Black students started a peaceful protest to oppose a government policy that forced ...