Faith Today - June 16, commemorating 37years and basic education is what the fight was for in the June 16 uprising and yet the problems that were fought for are still problems today. Is the government slacking?
Sheikh Ebrahim Charles – Imam at District 6 Mosque and High School Educator
When the then-Bantu Education Department ordered that Afrikaans and English be used equally in secondary schools as the language of instruction, protests in African schools broke out in 1975. The problem, though, wasn't really with Afrikaans so much as it was with the entire Bantu educational system, which was defined by segregated schools and universities, subpar infrastructure, crammed classrooms, and poorly qualified professors.
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By SAfmFaith Today - June 16, commemorating 37years and basic education is what the fight was for in the June 16 uprising and yet the problems that were fought for are still problems today. Is the government slacking?
Sheikh Ebrahim Charles – Imam at District 6 Mosque and High School Educator
When the then-Bantu Education Department ordered that Afrikaans and English be used equally in secondary schools as the language of instruction, protests in African schools broke out in 1975. The problem, though, wasn't really with Afrikaans so much as it was with the entire Bantu educational system, which was defined by segregated schools and universities, subpar infrastructure, crammed classrooms, and poorly qualified professors.