Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President Genera

Survey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)

The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when pol

Peter Sexford Magubane

South African photographer, politcal detainee and banned person

Ephraim Chaka

Victim of the Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 2, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960

Sharpeville and After: Suppression and Liberation in Southern Africa

Sharpeville - 21 March 1960 - sixty nine Africans were shot dead by police, hundreds injured and thousands arrested. The

South Africa - Emergency Campaign - A Call to Action by Alan Paton

"The Afrikaner Nationalist .will change only when the pressure inside and outside the country becomes unendurable."- ALA