(16 Jun 2006)
1. Various wide shot Soweto township in Johannesburg
2. Mid shot Morris Isaacson High School, where riots began 30 years ago
3. Various of statue of child with a stone in hand depicting 1976 uprising
4. Various of crowd at rally
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amos Masondo, Mayor of Johannesburg:
"That important milestone, that watershed that reinvigorated in many ways the national liberation struggle, that moment ensured, indeed, that as thousands of young men and women left the country, they were able in more ways than one to boost the liberation movement."
7. Mid shot of Tsietsi Mashinini's mother (he was the student leader who led the 1976 riots)
8. Amos Masondo, Mayor of Johannesburg turning ground at Soweto Uprising memorial site
9. Media
10. Mid shot memorial site sign
11. Unveiling of memorial wall
12. Mid shot of families who lost children in Soweto uprising
13. Various of memorial wall
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Majakathata Mokoena, 1976 student leader:
"The day means to me that we are actually on the beginning towards the end of Apartheid. In 1976 it was not as festive as this, it was actually much more festive in fact until the security police destroyed the day by actually shooting people who were actually unarmed and raising their hands in a peace sign."
15. Marchers walking the same route of the march of 1976
16. South African President Mbeki marching with crowd
17. Various shots of march
STORYLINE:
Hundreds marched on the streets of Soweto on Friday, retracing the steps of a student demonstration that galvanised the anti-apartheid struggle 30 years ago.
About 1,000 people, led by President Thabo Mbeki, marched through the streets of the township built for blacks during the apartheid era, pausing for a moment of silence to remember Hector Pieterson, a 17-year-old whose death during the march 30 years ago has come to symbolise the sacrifices of young people in the fight for democracy.
The student marchers 30 years ago were revolting against being taught in Afrikaans, the language of the pro-apartheid government.
Speaking at a rally commemorating the march Amos Masondo, the Mayor of Johannesburg said the June 16 march which turned violent was an important milestone for black south africans
Masondo said it was watershed that reinvigorated in many ways the national liberation struggle.
The riots of June 1976 saw many political student leaders arrested, and many were forced into exile.
More than 500 young people were estimated killed in what was to become known as the Soweto Uprising and its aftermath in June 1976 after security police began firing on the student protesters.
Majakathata Mokoena, one of the leaders of the 1976 march, said he believed the uprising was the beginning of the end of Apartheid.
Celebrating the anniversary on Friday, Mokoena had vivid memories of the day 30 years ago.
He said "In 1976 it was not as festive as this, it was actually much more festive in fact until the security police destroyed the day by actually shooting people who were actually unarmed and raising their hands in a peace sign"
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