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A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.
… work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960. …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters outside the…
BiographyNzimeni Elliot Mfaxa
… Positive Anti-Pass Campaign’ that resulted in the Sharpeville and Langa Massacres. He was arrested following the Sharpeville shooting and served a two-year…
BiographyJosias Ratshilumela Madzunya
… Congress when it was formed in April 1959. Following the Sharpeville emergency he served an 18-month sentence for …
BiographyJeremiah Baden Leeuw
… . He was arrested during the 1960 anti-pass campaign (see Sharpeville Massacre ) and sentenced to 3 years in prison, …
South African President P. W. Botha grants reprieves to the "Sharpeville Six", the six Black South Africans who were
… African President P. W. Botha grants reprieves to the "Sharpeville Six", the six Black South Africans who were …
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
… organizing an anti pass campaign which culminated in the Sharpeville Massacre . After this incident the PAC was banned … 1963, Tefu and others were arrested…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… a strong dedication to political goals. Following the Sharpeville emergency , he was sentenced to two years in …
Thomas Selema Masekela, SA artist, Chief Health Inspector in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville,
… in Alexandra and later health inspector in Germiston and Sharpeville, …
BiographyMohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
… Trial were only withdrawn in January 1958. Following the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960, Bob was detained for …
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… during the state of emergency , which followed the Sharpeville and Langa massacres of 1960. Jack had become …
BiographyBen Skosana
… Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the …
BiographyCameron Mbulelo Madikizela
… to Johannesburg to complete studies in law. After the Sharpeville massacre and the state repression that followed, …
BiographyBen M. Skosana
… Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the …
Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape
… youth, the party he joined as a schoolboy before the Sharpeville massacre of 1960. When he finished school at …
Josias Madzunya
… Congress when it was formed in April 1959. Following the Sharpeville emergency he served an 18-month sentence for …
A combined force of South African Defence Force troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong
… troops and police seal off the townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Boipatong …
The Appellate Division rejects the appeal of the "Sharpeville Six" against the death sentence imposed on them for the
… The Appellate Division rejects the appeal of the "Sharpeville Six" against the death sentence imposed on them …
Start of a weekend of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at
… of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings on 21 March 1960. Speakers at …
ANC calls a nation-wide stay-at-home in protest at the Sharpeville massacre. Passbooks are burned in countless bonfires.
… ANC calls a nation-wide stay-at-home in protest at the Sharpeville massacre. Passbooks are burned in countless …
BiographyMark Shinners
… Campaign against pass laws , which led to the shootings in Sharpeville and Langa. Shinners and Isaac Mafatse led the …
BiographyGaur Radebe
… branch in Evaton. Making his way to East Africa after Sharpeville, he was named chief PAC representative in …
BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
… the Freedom Charter. After being acquitted and after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, Horvitch escaped to Botswana …
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… of the Pan African Congress (PAC) Manifesto. After the Sharpeville massacre , he became a PAC representative in …
Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament that the riots (Sharpeville, Langa, etc) could in no way be described as a reaction
… Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament that the riots (Sharpeville, Langa, etc) could in no way be described as a …
The ‘Sharpeville Six’ win a one-day stay of execution in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The stay is granted a day before
… The ‘Sharpeville Six’ win a one-day stay of execution in the …
In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi
… oor die gebeure in die distrikte Vereeniging (te wete te Sharpeville-lokasie en Evaton) en Vanderbijlpark. [S a]. … In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are…
BiographyJoe Mkhwanazi
… thus became a founding member of the PAC. Following the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the both the PAC and …
BiographyZachius Botlhoko Molete
… He had meanwhile moved to Evaton, near Vereeniging and Sharpeville, and when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) …
BiographyIsaac Bokala
… from running a stall in Soweto. In 1960 following the Sharpeville massacre , Bokala was detained for five months …