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This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. City Press searched the archives for some of the most iconic images of the time when the youth of SA rose up in revolt against injustice.
What the pictures also show is that the youth of today are not that different from their parents’ and grandparents’ generation, writes Dudu Mathebula
THEN
up in arms 1976 Two Soweto teenagers kneel in front of the police with their hands in the air showing the peace sign. The photographer won Press Photograph of the Year in 1977 PHOTO: Jan Hamman
The University of Zululand's library was set alight by students 1976 PHOTO: BEELD PHOTO:
making a living 1976 An informal township fruit stall
ashes 1976 Morris Isaacson High School was one of the schools torched during the Soweto Uprising PHOTO: BEELD
Students march in solidarity with pupils who are against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction PHOTO: Beeld
NOW
ashes 2016 One of 20 scorched Vumani schools PHOTO: FOTO24 / GAUTENG
making a living 2012 A window washer at a traffic light in Pretoria PHOTO: Theana Breugem
up in arms 2015 Students outside the Parliament precinct protest against proposed hikes in tuition fees before forcing their way through the gates in Cape Town last year PHOTO: Gallo Images / Beeld / Jaco Marais
Students at the University of Cape Town protest against the proposed hike in tuition fees and the outsourcing of labour at the institution PHOTO: Imraan Christian
Afrikaans-speaking students protest at the University of Pretoria over its language policy PHOTO: Nelius Rademan
