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Sharpeville Massacre

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng). After demonstrating against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. Sources disagree as to the behaviour of the crowd; some state that the crowd was peaceful, while others state that the crowd had been hurling stones at the police, and that the mood had turned "ugly".

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Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March 1960, Submissions Presented to the …

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 15 June 1960

During a Sharpeville commemmoration UDF-president Archie Gumede introduces the family Magubane - one son killed by the South African army …

University of the Witwatersrand English

1 Photograph, B/W Print, A4

Wits University students demonstrating on the anniversary of the Sharpeville (196) and Uitenhage (185) massacres

University of the Witwatersrand English

1 Photograph, B/W Print, A4

Sharpeville Day demonstration with crosses

University of the Witwatersrand English

Wits University, Sharpeville Day, demonstration where students put crosses into the grass and picketed.

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Commission, Volume 12

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 2 May 1960

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Court Cases, Volume 13

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 8 November 1960

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Commission, Volume 27

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 1 June 1960

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Commission, Volume 26

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 25 May 1960

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Court Cases, Volume 40

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 23 January 1961

Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Court Cases, Volume 41

UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles · 26 January 1961

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Stellenbosch University

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The Weekly Review Ltd.

UCT
University of Cape Town

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