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Meadowlands High School

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About Meadowlands High School

Part of a special series of plaques in Soweto to mark sites along the trail of the 16 June 1976 student uprising. Damaged plaque replaced on 18 May 2023

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MeadowlandsS oweto
2013

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In January 1976, the Meadowlands High School Board opposed the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. Two members of the School Board were then dismissed by the apartheid authorities. On the morning of June 16 there was no march in Meadowlands, but by the afternoon news of police shootings reached this area, prompting angry students to destroy landmarks associated with injustice. The next day, a planned march to Orlando Stadium was coordinated by students from Meadowlands High.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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