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 Re: 16 يونيو 1976 يوم في ذاكرة افريقيا ..مذبحة سويتو قيتو ...The day Hector Pieterson died (Re: محمدين محمد اسحق)
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ثابو امبيكي رئيس جنوب افريقيا قاد مسيرة انطلقت صباح اليوم
الجمعة 16 يونيو 2006 في شوارع سويتو في ذكري انتفاضة الطلاب ..
By ALEXANDRA ZAVIS
SOWETO, South Africa Jun 16, 2006 (AP)— President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans through the streets of this black township on Friday, retracing the steps of student protesters who galvanized the anti-apartheid struggle 30 years ago.
The marchers paused at 9 a.m. for a moment of silence to remember Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old killed by police who shot at the unarmed demonstrators. His death has come to symbolize the sacrifices of young people in the fight for South Africa's democracy and freedom.
More than 500 young people were estimated killed in the Soweto Uprising and its bloody aftermath. Thousands of others disappeared into detention or fled the country to join the guerrilla fight, forever changing the face of the anti-apartheid struggle.
The uprising started as a student protest against being taught in Afrikaans, the language of white oppressors, which few among the black majority could understand.
Police responded with brutal force, and news of the killings and the riots they unleashed across the country awakened the world to the government's violence.
"This day, National Youth Day, is a moment of thanksgiving dedicated to the young people of our country for the contribution they made to free South Africa from the tyranny of apartheid," Mbeki told a crowd of tens of thousands gathered at a Soweto soccer stadium after the march.
"We remember the youth of 1976 because they have left us a lesson that it is possible for young people to stand up and confront the challenges facing them," he said. "We remember them because we would like the youth gathered here today and their comrades throughout our country to follow their example of unwavering commitment as they confront the modern challenges of poverty and unemployment, alcohol and drug abuse, AIDS and other diseases, illiteracy, women and child abuse."
Martin Mhlanga, 51, injured in a car accident a year ago, watched Friday's march from a wheelchair in front of his home, his pigtailed, 2-year-old niece leaning on his knees. He said he brought her because he wanted her to know about an important moment in her country's history.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2084420
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