In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration.  (The official report of the Commi

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

Khaya Biko

Khaya Biko (born 1944) was the elder brother of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko and an early influence on