Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna 1974, gurukota reSouth Africa reBantu Education and Development MC Botha, rakapa mutemo wekuti chiAfrikaans chishandiswe senzira yekudzidzisa muzvikoro zvevatema, zvichibva zvaitwa nevadzidzi veGrade 7 (Standard 5) zvichikwira. Pakuvamba saMarch 1976, vadzidzi vakatanga kuramba mutauro wechiAfrikaans, kuchikurudzira kutanga kweSoweto Uprising
musi wa16 June 1976. Somuuyo, kuratidzira kwavadzidzi kwakapararira kumamwe mativi enyika, uye Cape Town yakava nzvimbo inokosha yokupandukira kwavadzidzi veWestern Cape.