Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1976, wani
Tashin hankali ya barke a Soweto, wanda yawancin ɗalibai masu shekaru 13 zuwa 16 daga Soweto suka shiga cikin wata zanga-zanga don nuna rashin amincewa da koyarwa a cikin Afrikaans da kuma tsarin Ilimin Bantu gaba ɗaya. 'Yan sandan suka umurci yaran su watse, kuma sa'ad da suka ƙi, 'yan sandan suka buɗe wuta, suka kashe ɗarurruwan yara, yayin da yaran suke jifan 'yan sandan da duwatsu. Gwamnati ta amsa ta hanyar dakatar da dukkanin Black Consciousness Movement tare da sauran kungiyoyin siyasa da yawa, tare da bayar da umarnin hanawa ga mutane daban-daban. Donald Woods yana daya daga cikin mutanen da aka haramta kuma an sanya shi a tsare a gida.