soweto uprisings . com ::I remember on the evening of the 15 June 1976, when I was representing my school Lofentse Secondary as a member of the SRC at the ore D-Day meeting at 6 pm at D.O.C.C. in Orlando East to finalize the coordination of the march the following day. My task was clear and simple. I must mobilize my school, take the the Mooki route and converge in font of Orlando stadium.
The following day at 12:00 when all schools were converged and we stated marching peacefully with our placards singing revolutionary songs yielding or placards proceeded marching taking the New Canada road only to be intercepted by a aggressive road block with military vehicles manned by security forces parked across the road trying to stop us from passing. Failing to stop us, they released their vicious dogs on us, and started shooting with life bullets and teargas canisters at us.
I felt like I was experiencing my worst nightmare, when I tried to duck bullets(which was impossible) avoiding to be shot with a teargas canister holding my breath and escape the vicious police dogs, only to land in the most sympathetic place running away. I was among the few who chose the unsympathetic Noorgesig which seemed like a ghost town, to look for tap water to wash the burning sensation of teargas from our faces,only to worsen it. Little did I know that my friend Lotta from Matjeni Primary, was already gunned down by the security forces. Lotta was among the first victims of the uprising
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