Philip Kgosana of the PAC led a march against the pass laws in Cape Town. Meanwhile, protesters in Langa converged upon the township square where police dispersed them with gun fire, killing three people. This protest in Cape Town took place nine days after the massacre of protestors at Sharpeville.
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South African History Online. (2014, August 28). March against the Pass Laws in Cape Town. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098219
South African History Online (2014) 'March against the Pass Laws in Cape Town', South African History Online, 28 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098219 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).
South African History Online, March against the Pass Laws in Cape Town [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098219, (accessed 6 September 2026).
"March against the Pass Laws in Cape Town." South African History Online, 28 Aug. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0098219. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.
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