Youth Day: SA commemorates 40th anniversary
To commemorate Youth Day, the
film, Sarafina!, will be screened for free. Here's where you
can watch the movie.
It has been 40 years since the youth of Soweto took to the streets to protest against the Bantu Education Act.
The apartheid government established the act to set a different curriculum for black pupils, and force learners to be taught in Afrikaans – a language viewed by many as the language of the oppressor.
Thousands of black pupils gathered on June 16, 1976, to march to Orlando Stadium.
Chaos ensued after police released a dog into the crowd, which was killed by protesters.
Police opened fire on learners, killing at least 176 people. The exact number of children killed is unclear.
The haunting image of a dying Hector Pieterson being carried by his friend, Mbuyisa Makhubo, with his sister, Antoinette, by his side, will live in the memories of many South Africans for years to come.
In honour of the 40th anniversary of Youth Day, the popular Sarafina! film, based on the Soweto Uprising, will be screened for free at several cinemas across South Africa.
Here’s where you can watch the 1992 film, starring Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba and Whoopi Goldberg will be screened at Gateway.
Gateway
Galleria
The Pavilion
The movie is expected to only be screened at 12pm (noon). Tickets will be issues on a first come, first serve basis.
Videovision Entertainment, in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission, will also hold free community screenings from 20 – 26 June at Clermont, Chesterville, Umlazi and KwaMashu. It will also be shown at The Bat Centre.