Soweto uprising
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The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the
Hector Pieterson carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo after being shot by the South African Police. His sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. Pieterson was rushed to a local clinic, where he was declared dead on arrival. This photo by Sam Nzima became an icon of the Soweto uprising.
Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto
Durban Sign 1989
Soweto
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Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for Sou
Orlando Towers in the Orlando suburb of Soweto in 2006
Klipspruit and Diepkloof, South-west of Johannesburg, laid out on Randjeslaagte
James Mpanza House in Orlando
Soweto housing (c. 2009)