Tsietsi Mashinini Statue (City of Johannesburg)
Tsietsi Mashinini Statue (Kathy Munro)
At 8am on June 16 1976, a nineteen year-old Tsietsi Mashinini led students on a peaceful march in protest against Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools around Soweto. Within hours of the march, the police and army opened fire on young unarmed school children, killing hundreds in the months that followed. After Tsietsi died in exile in 1990, his body was brought to Soweto and buried at Avalon Cemetery.
Plaque Location:
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Soweto
Western Jabavu
Plaque Address:
June 16 Interpretation Centre in Central Jabavu, Soweto, across the road from Morris Isaacson School.
Plaque Category:
Apartheid
Schools
Statues and Monuments
Strikes and Protests
Struggle Heritage
Struggle Heroes
Plaque Organisation:
City of Johannesburg