Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa

Updated: 19 Mar 2023

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Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The Pass Laws became the focus of protest in 1960 for the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).

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Last updated · 19 Mar 2023

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South African History Online. (2023, March 19). Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0151964

South African History Online (2023) 'Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa', South African History Online, 19 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0151964 (Accessed: 29 August 2026).

South African History Online, Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0151964, (accessed 29 August 2026).

"Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa." South African History Online, 19 Mar. 2023, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0151964. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa." South African History Online. March 19, 2023. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0151964.