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Revolt 25 June 2009

Bursts of noise
officials in full school uniform enter
excitement as we
hug and laugh

I’m wearing Tiaan’s track suit
his school cap – his blazer
he wears himself

I’m bursting with delight
so many people
commemorating 1976 when
South Africans refused
to go to school

I can’t wait to run through
the building from floor one
to ten to check on everyone
see what the others
have done

Sylvia looks fantastic in
her school gear, Karen will soon
be here and the day will really
begin – no work is the general cry –
that is what they did in 1976

we have to stick to the spirit
of their revolt that dismantled
apartheid and
bought freedom for all!

25 June 2009 - Department Arts and Culture
commemorates the 1976 school protests
against apartheid in South Africa.

poem by Margaret Alice
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