The South African student protest of 1976 was

In 1976, students in Soweto protested the government’s policy requiring some school instruction in Afrikaans. Police responded with force, killing and injuring protesters, and the violence helped spark wider resistance to apartheid. The protest was not about a new housing law, nor was it an isolated event or itself a move to armed rebellion. The correct choice is “met with violence by the government.”

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