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AFRIKAANS - The apartheid government wanted all youth to be taught in Afrikaans. The Soweto youth protested this move, starting on the morning of 16 June 1976.
- Cartoonists
- Africartoons
- Andy
- Avi Ramjan
- Brandan
- Chip
- Dave Gomersall
- Deni Brown
- Derek Bauer
- Dov Fedler
- Dr Jack
- Dr Jack & Curtis
- Findlay
- Frans Esterhuyse
- Fred Mouton
- Gavin Thomson
- Grogan
- Guest Cartoonists
- John Curtis
- Kidge
- Madam & Eve
- Mama Taxi
- Mangena
- Mark Wiggett
- Mgobhozi
- Miles
- Mothowagae
- Mynderd Vosloo
- Namate
- Nanda Soobben
- ND Mazin
- Niël van Vuuren
- Pannevis
- Qaps Mngadi
- Rich Archer
- Rico
- Rob Hooper
- Roberto Millan
- Siwela
- Sociopolitical Memes
- Stent
- Stephen Francis
- Stidy
- Tayo
- Treknet
- Unknown Cartoonist
- VD Merwe
- Weyni Deysel
- Xaba
- Yalo
- Zapiro
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Afrikaans Medium Decree Of 1974
LOST IN TRANSLATION: A major complaint amongst the students that protested against the apartheid education system in June 1976 was that education was delivered in Afrikaans; "the language of the oppressor". The government decree to enforce Afrikaans as the language of learning was issued in 1974, but, as JERM demonstrates here, the authorities had no idea as to how large a protest it would fuel just two years later.
