The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident claimed eleven lives and more than 300 were injured. The protestation focused on high rents, racially segregated local facilities and called for the resignation of township councillors.
eventREF E-0012875Revised
26 March 1990
Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
- Updated
- 19 Mar 2020
How we know this
- 01SACSIS, "Justice for Marikana: Farlam Commission Not Up to the Task", From: SACSIS,[Online] Available:sacsis.org.za,[Accessed 24 March 2014].
- 02Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1990, p 37305
Last updated · 19 Mar 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875
South African History Online (2011) 'Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875, (accessed 7 October 2026).
"Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875.
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