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ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… A short while later, on 21 March 1960, the Sharpeville Massacre took place when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… peaceful crowd, killing 69 and wounding 186. Sharpeville Massacre: In the wake of Sharpeville, African students loyal … Nelson Mandela is among those…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… it was banned in 1960 in the aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre. 1950 Florence Matomela leads an anti-pass …
Pretoria the Segregated city
… killing 13 in what became known as the Mamelodi massacre. The outrage over this incident generated solidarity …
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… in 1900.30 The union’s tone was tense, not so much for the massacre of the striking miners, but for the intransigence of …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Day of Action on the anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, 21 March. 13 March, Nationwide Church services call …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… were some incidents within a week of the first Soweto massacre: on 24 June the principal's office at Hiargisi …
Doing Oral History
… Party coming to power in 1948 up to the Sharpeville massacre Political activists of this era Government officials …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… plight of the South African people, as a reaction to the massacre. 1981 14 February, A new right-wing group Aksie Eie … place on the eve of the anniversary…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… a day before the 50th commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre . 21 March Acting President Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe …
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… demonstrators in what becomes known as the Sharpeville Massacre. The PAC and the ANC are banned South West Africa …
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… demonstrators in what becomes known as the Sharpeville Massacre. The PAC and the ANC are banned. South West Africa …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… June as a day of mourning and protest against the May Day massacre and the tabling of the Unlawful Organisations Bill. …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… killing 69 protesters. In the wake of the Sharpeville Massacre , African students loyal to the African National …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… that date as it was the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre of 1960. 1967 6 March, The Commission on Human …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… he deals with the features and causes of the recent Durban massacre. He places the main responsibility for the …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… the gallows; and he had been the instigator of the Bulhoek Massacre, in which 190 black men, women and children had been …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… rebels from the Caprivi Liberation Army are accused of a massacre at Katimo Muliro in August and held for trial. …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… respective countries. In the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre, the government banned the ANC and the PAC in South … seriously wounded in what became…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath ↵ Sharpeville Massacre. Running from the violence after police open fire on …