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Francis Ntebele

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About Francis Ntebele

The surround in red letters reads: JUNE 16TH SOWETO HERITAGE TRAIL Developed in cooperation with the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

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Mara Primary School, 377 Nape Street, Naledi, Soweto.
14 June 2024

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FRANCIS LEBOHANG NTEBELE On 8 June 1976 security police officers came to arrest a student at Naledi High School, Enos Ngutshane, after he wrote to the Education Minister complaining about the enforced use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. Students resisted the arrest, and a police car was burnt. Police reinforcements opened fire, and students scaled the fence of Mara Primary School to escape. In the pandemonium, Francis Ntebele (18) was shot and killed, and many other students were injured.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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