Remember Sharpeville, 21 March 1960

The Sharpeville Massacre is remembered annually on 21 March - Human Rights Day. In order to pay tribute to those that lost their lives on this day, it is essential that we have an understanding of the context in which this event occurred. The demostrations at Sharpeville on 21 March 1960 were organised by the Pan Africanist Congress, mainly concerned with voicing protest against the pass laws SA History Online has put together a new history of Sharpeville which includes images, eye-witness accounts and an archive of secondary and primary resources about the event...

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