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.


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Commission of enquiry into the occurrences at Sharpeville on the 21st of March, 1960 when police fired on a crowd of Black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them. …