Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
TSH/NAMM/0006
Inventory Number
2627BB191
Site Name
Tsietsi Mashinini Statue, June 16 Memorial Acre, Johannesburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 18:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, January 25, 2021 - 18:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
For 41 years we have commemorated June 16 now called youth day
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To protest against Afrikaan as a medium of instruction in black schools.In commemoration of Tebogo Tsietsi Mashinini who led the student protest against the Afrikaans as a medium of instructions in Townnships on the the 16 June 1976. This happened in Sooweto.Source: SAHO
Original Position
No, originally located at the Morris Isaacson high school
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Designer
Construction Date Comment
2006
Construction Materials
Steel
Pedestal Material
Bricks and cement
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
June 16 1976 uprising
Unveiled By
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
City of Joburg
Inscriptions
Tsietsi Mashinini led student on a peaceful March in protest against Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools. Within hours of the March the police and army opened fire on young unarmed school children.
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.24511, 27.873147
Gauteng
- City of Johannesburg
Directions to Site
This sculpture is situated next to the Union Buildings between fairview Ave and Government Ave.
Access details
Public
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