Soweto is a township in South Africa located near Johannesburg. It is best known for the 1976 Soweto Uprising, which was a series of protests by black school children against the Apartheid government's policy of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The protests resulted in a violent confrontation with police and the death of hundreds of people. The Soweto Uprising is seen as a major event in the struggle against Apartheid and is remembered as a symbol of resistance to oppression.