This day remembers the Soweto youth uprising of June 16, 1976  following a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools.
Letsatsi le le gakologelwa di Dikhuduego tsa Bašwa ba Soweto ka 1976 ka di 16 tsa Seetebosigo morago ga go latela kaelo ya Lefapha la Thuto la Bantu gore Seaferikanse se tshwanetse go dirisiwa mo theong e e lekanang le Seesemane jaaka puo ya go ruta mo dikolong tsa sekontari.