# The 1976 Soweto Uprising student leader, Teboho Tsietsi Mashinini, is being remembered for his strong stance against the forced use of Afrikaans in black schools. South Africa is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Uprising today including the death of 12-year-old Hector Pieterson. In a historic television interview with the American television network CBS, Mashinini rejected claims that he was a communist, saying students were fighting for a better education system:
Mashinini and Soweto Uprising Heroes remembered [SOUND]
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