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Black students braved bullets to protest the discriminatory apartheid-era education policies.
A floating market and the Soweto uprising 50 years on: photos of the day – Tuesday ○
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Continue reading...‘Then the firing started’: the Soweto uprising remembered 50 years on ⊖⊖
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16 June 1976 is not just another chapter in the history books, nor is its aftermath and legacy, say those who took part and their families
The day of 16 June 1976 began peacefully in Soweto. Student l…
85 days ago
Serokolo 7: Maramfa Musick Pro review – lose yourself in a high-speed, relentless mapanta masterclass ⊖
(Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Reinvigorating the South African mapanta subgenre, producer Serokolo 7 blends folk vocal melodies with seething 180bpm rhythms, creating a barrage of sound
South Africa pulses with …
3 months ago
Gusheshe against the grain: South Africa’s car spinning culture – in pictures ⊖
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In post-apartheid Johannesburg, car spinning, known locally as gusheshe, has grown from a township pastime into one of South Africa’s most striking homegrown sports. The practice began in the 1980s, …
7 months ago
World Cup draw: group-by-group analysis for the 2026 tournament ⊕
How each team qualified for the tournament, who will be favourites to progress and which games to look out for
The opening game in the Azteca will be a repeat of the opener in 2010 when South Africa d…
13 months ago
Bikes, the Bean and Black Panthers in Chicago: Wembley to Soweto initiative 2025 ○
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After the huge success of projects across Europe, southern Africa, South America, the Middle East and the UK, the Wembley to Soweto Foundation started its US rollout in 2022. Focusing on young people…
15 months ago
Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art ○
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Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants
On a weekday lunchtime the Nando’s restaurant in Maponya Mall in Soweto, the sprawling former Black towns…
16 months ago
‘If you don’t get early years right, children are unlikely to catch up’: why South Africa is trying to reboot its school system ○
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With 80% of 10-year-olds unable to read for meaning, the government is prioritising literacy and numeracy among pre-school pupils as it tackles its education problems
When she noticed children hangin…
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