Ukuvukela kweNtsha kwama-16 uNhlangulana we-1976 (Youth Uprising of 16 June 1976) imibhikisho elandalanayo eyaqala elokishini laseSoweto yabe isibhebhetheka ezweni lonke, lokhu kwaletha ushinto olikhulu kwezombusazwe ezweni laseNingizimu Afrika. Zonke izigigaba ezenzeka ngalesi sikhathi zibhekiswa emuva kunyaka we-1953 lapho uhulumeni wobandlululo wabeka khona Umthetho weMfundo yaBantu (Bantu Education Act) . . Lomthetho wabe uhlukanisa imfundo ngokobuhlanga futhi wabe uphoqa ukuba kusetshenziswe ulimi lweisiBhunu kanye nolwesiNgisi kuphela njengezilimi zokufundisa ezikoleni ngonyaka we-1974 .banamanga. Ukungena kweqembu le-National Party embusweni kwafika nezinguquko eziningi njengokushintsha imithetho yezemfundo. Ngonyaka we-1949 uhulumeni wajuba ukuba kwenziwe iKhomishana le-Eiselen lapho kwakumele khona kubhekwe khona ukuphakwa kemfundo ay"Bantu" nukuthi ishintshew ngendlela ephakwa ngayo. Lekhomishana yayaholela ukusungulweni woMthetho weMfundo yeBantu (Bantu Education Act) ngonyaka we-1953. Lomthetho wenza kwaba yimpoqqo ukuba zonke izikole ezabe ziphethwe ngamasonto ezabe zithola uxhaso kuhulumeni ukuba zibhaliswe ngaphansi kukahulumeni. Ngalokhu uhulumeni wabe ufuna ukususa ukuphathwa kwezemfundo yama-Afrika ezandleni zamasonto knaye nezifundazwe. UMnyango weMfundo yaBantu wabe ubhekele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imfundo yam-Afrika ihlukene futhi ibe sezingeni eliphansi.