A floating market and the Soweto uprising 50 years on: photos of the day – Tuesday

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By Guardian Staff

Post-apartheid South Africa: 50 years after Soweto riots, what has changed?

Black students braved bullets to protest the discriminatory apartheid-era education policies.

South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising

South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid education system were shot and killed by the police.,

By FRANCE24

South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising, but challenges linger for its youth

The events of June 16, 1976 — now commemorated annually as Youth Day — are considered a turning point in South Africa's liberation struggle against white minority rule

By Mogomotsi Magome and Michelle Gumede

Steven Odarteifio writes: An address to the people of South Africa

…as nation marks 50th anniversary of Soweto Uprising My brothers and sisters of South Africa, Today, June 16, 2026, marks exactly fifty years since the Soweto Uprising. Fifty years ago, thousands of black South African schoolchildren walked into the streets of Soweto carrying no weapons. They carried only courage. They marched because they refused to […]

By Lawrence Segbefia