Patrick Laurence | 25 March 2010 Patrick Laurence on the circumstances that triggered the notorious massacre of March 21 1960 The Sharpeville massacre of 21 March 1960 – the 50th anniversary of which was commemorated…
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SA GENOCIDE WATCH POSTED BY WHISNEWS21 ⋅ JULY 8, 2015 ⋅ 2 COMMENTS Real Reason Why Police Eventually Opened Fire At Sharpeville ? Could it be that Just a week before Sharpville Police Were Viciously…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 “Just a year before the declaration of the Republic, an event occurred at Sharpeville in the Transvaal, in 1960, which would resonate around the world, and forever-after be used as anti-Afrikaner…
The brutal slaying of a number of Black and White policemen by a mob at Cato Manor shortly before the infamous ‘Sharpeville Massacre’ was fresh in the minds of the besieged police contingent at Sharpeville….
By Alistair Boddy-Evans African History Expert Updated December 10, 2014. On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims of as many as 300) and 69 killed when South African…
The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more moderate views and those with more ‘Africanist views’ – An…
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli, announced that 1960 was going to be the “Year…
