The term SITE OF A 1976 SOUTH AFRICAN UPRISING can be answered with the 6-letter word SOWETO. Soweto is a township in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was the site of a major uprising in 1976. The uprising was a protest against the apartheid government's policy of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The protests resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people, and sparked a nationwide resistance movement against the apartheid regime.