Sharpeville Massacre

User icon Elizabeth Robey
10 November 2022
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The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 when police officers in a black township in South Africa opened fire on a group of people peacefully protesting oppressive pass laws, killing 69.


University of the Witwatersrand English

Correspondence in the aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre, including one letter by the Sharpeville Relief Fund to the SAIRR, June 1960.


DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 March 1960 English

Article regarding the Sharpeville 21 March 1960. 5 000 people gathered at the Sharpeville police station near Johannesburg to start the Pan Africanist Congress campaign as a result 69 people …


DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 March 1962 English

Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC, by Dr Y M Dadoo, article published in New Age, March 29, 1962. Articles gives reasons for the failure of …