Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted: On 21 March 1960 at 1.40 in the afternoon, apartheid South Africa’s police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of about 4,000 residents of Sharpeville, who were protesting against carrying identity documents that restricted black people’s movement. …
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Survey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history — like the Sharpeville massacre: The graves of the victims of the Sharpeville massacre tell a grim story. Frank Trimbos/Gallo Images/Getty Images The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a …
How the 1960 Sharpeville massacre sparked the birth of international human rights law: The Sharpeville Massacre. Godfrey Rubens via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA It’s been 60 years since the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 unarmed civilians were killed by armed South African police on March 21 1960. The significance of the date is reflected in the …