Sharpeville Massacre

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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Daughter of Sharpeville massacre victim mourns beside his grave, Vereeniging, South Africa

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Joyce Mohlatsane's little daughter comforts her grieving mother, while praying by the grave of her PAC (Pan African Congress) father who was killed in the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, when police …