Complex sentence: Residents of Nyanga were active in joining a national call to protest against the apartheid pass laws in 1960 and later the 1976 student uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as first language in schools.
Split into simpler sentences: Residents of Nyanga were active in joining a national call to protest against the apartheid laws passed in 1960. Later they were active in the 1976 student uprisings against the use of Afrikaans as first language in schools.