In this episode we are going to tell you about the reasons why the famous soweto resisted against the Afrikaans

In this episode we are going to tell you about the reasons why the famous soweto resisted against the Afrikaans

Causes of resistance

&nbsp;students in Soweto protested the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, which forced all black schools to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> and English in equal terms as languages of instruction.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprising#cite_note-Ndlovu_327-8">[8]</a> The association of Afrikaans with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid">apartheid</a> prompted black South Africans to prefer English. Even the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantustan">Bantustan</a> regimes chose English and an indigenous African language as official languages. In addition, English was gaining prominence as the language most often used in commerce and industry. The 1974 decree was intended to force the reverse of the decline of Afrikaans among black Africans. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner">Afrikaner</a>-dominated government used the clause of the 1909 Union of South Africa Act that recognised only English and Dutch, the latter being replaced by Afrikaans in 1925, as official languages as its pretext.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprising#cite_note-9">[9]</a> All schools had to provide instruction in both Afrikaans and English as languages, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_South_African">white South African</a> students learned other subjects in their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language">home language</a>.

History

 students in Soweto protested the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in equal terms as languages of instruction.[8] The association of Afrikaans with apartheid prompted black South Africans to prefer English. Even the Bantustan regimes chose English and an indigenous African language as official languages. In addition, English was gaining prominence as the language most often used in commerce and industry. The 1974 decree was intended to force the reverse of the decline of Afrikaans among black Africans. The Afrikaner-dominated government used the clause of the 1909 Union of South Africa Act that recognised only English and Dutch, the latter being replaced by Afrikaans in 1925, as official languages as its pretext.[9] All schools had to provide instruction in both Afrikaans and English as languages, but white South African students learned other subjects in their home language.

&nbsp;students in Soweto protested the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, which forced all black schools to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans" rel="noopener noreferrer">Afrikaans</a> and English in equal terms as languages of instruction.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprising#cite_note-Ndlovu_327-8" rel="noopener noreferrer">[8]</a> The association of Afrikaans with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid" rel="noopener noreferrer">apartheid</a> prompted black South Africans to prefer English. Even the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantustan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bantustan</a> regimes chose English and an indigenous African language as official languages. In addition, English was gaining prominence as the language most often used in commerce and industry. The 1974 decree was intended to force the reverse of the decline of Afrikaans among black Africans. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner" rel="noopener noreferrer">Afrikaner</a>-dominated government used the clause of the 1909 Union of South Africa Act that recognised only English and Dutch, the latter being replaced by Afrikaans in 1925, as official languages as its pretext.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprising#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer">[9]</a> All schools had to provide instruction in both Afrikaans and English as languages, but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_South_African" rel="noopener noreferrer">white South African</a> students learned other subjects in their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_language" rel="noopener noreferrer">home language</a>.

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