- If you feel the map's missing a location which, really, should be on there, contact Ismail or Babak.
- You can leave a comment on any of the locations from one of the routes by clicking on the marker for the particular location you want to comment on. One of the tabs is called 'Comments'. Go there.
- You can submit pictures for any of the existing locations by uploading them to Flickr, joining the soweto uprisings group at Flickr and tagging them accordingly. What to tag your pictures with, you can find out by clicking on the '?' tab for any location.
- For certain locations, you can have your blog entries be listed in relation to the particular locations. Your blog must be indexed by Google blogsearch and satisfy the search criteria as mentioned on the '?' tab.
- If you have content, related to the Soweto uprisings which you feel fits better directly on this website as compared to your own blog, or if you don't have the ability or facility to maintain your own blog, contact Ismail or Babak.
- If you're a website owner located in or around Soweto, you can geotag your website. Check out GeoURL for details. When tagged correctly, we'll pick up your website automatically.
Friday, September 15, 2006
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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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