Siprit of the 1976 uprising was nurtured by activities preceding it

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KENOSI MOSALAKAE | It is not because youth went into exile and joined the ANC or the post-1984 chaos that brought the system to its knees but the sanctions triggered by the 1976 events and the reaction of the regime

There is a period before 1976 of resistance activity, police harassment, bannings and so on.

The turmoil caused by Onkgopotse Tiro’s speech in 1974; the banning and hounding of Black Consciousness activities; the spiteful Viva Frelimo rallies in 1974; the then much publicised SA Students' Organisation /Black People's Convention trial that followed, at which the Black Consciousness Movement was charged with"terrorism" hardly constitutes “a lowest ebb” of resistance...If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue.

 

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