Sharpeville Massacre. Two grief stricken young women being taken home after the one in the middle had viewed her husband's body twister into a lifeless bulk by police gunfire, opposite the Sharpeville police station.
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Sharpeville Massacre, 1960
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- 24 Jul 2019
Private collection, Franco Frescura
South African History Online. (2011, August 8). Sharpeville Massacre, 1960. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0067699
South African History Online (2011) 'Sharpeville Massacre, 1960', South African History Online, 8 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0067699 (Accessed: 16 September 2026).
South African History Online, Sharpeville Massacre, 1960 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0067699, (accessed 16 September 2026).
"Sharpeville Massacre, 1960." South African History Online, 8 Aug. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0067699. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Sharpeville Massacre, 1960." South African History Online. August 8, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0067699.
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