1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… demonstrations at Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga, organised by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) on 21 March 1960, led to … 5 000 supporters into the city, where they were confronted by a force of the South African Police (SAP) under Col. … Act, thereby banning the African National Congress (ANC) and the PAC. In the ensuing days all food, water and …