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Soweto Uprising Heritage Walking Tours is exactly what you think when you read/hear its name; it is a company that conducts walking tours around the heritage sites of Soweto which is one of South Africa's largest townships. From March 2014, Soweto Uprising Heritage Walking Tours company has worked to develop a walking route from June 16 Memorial Acre opposite Morris Isaacson School in White City, Soweto to Orlando West on one of the main routes of the 16 June 1976 Protest March.

The Soweto Uprising, as it is in our name, refers to what was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality. The number of protesters killed by police is usually given as 176, but estimates of up to 700 have been made. In remembrance of these events, 16 June is now a public holiday in South Africa, named Youth Day.

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