The South African student protest of 1976 was

The 1976 student protests in Soweto began in opposition to the government’s policy requiring some classes to be taught in Afrikaans. Police responded with force, killing and injuring protesters, and the unrest spread to other areas. So the protest was met with violence by the government; it was not a response to a housing law or an isolated event.

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