The ANC was caught completely off-guard by the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, a result of police killing protestors in a march led, not by the ANC, but the two-year-old PAC - which ended in a bloodbath ...

The ANC was caught completely off-guard by the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, a result of police killing protestors in a march led, not by the ANC, but the two-year-old PAC - which ended in a bloodbath ...

Reactions to the Sharpeville massacre and the long-term consequences of the event.

On 21 March 1960, Sharpeville was the site of one of South Africa’s darkest days: the Sharpeville Massacre. That day, police opened fire on peaceful protestors rallying against the apartheid ...

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The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976 and has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.

Policing alone may temporarily contain the violence, but does little to address its underlying causes ...

SHARPEVILLE.- In a major operation to curb illegal alcohol trade, SAPS in partnership with other law enforcement agencies seized and destroyed more than 3 million millilitres of liquor in Sedibeng.

One of these was the home of journalist Mahesh Langa, who works as the senior assistant editor with The Hindu. “Early in the morning, his [Langa’s] wife was brought to the Crime Branch office ...

Last March, a farmer stumbled on a piece of wire ... has made negligible propaganda use of the massacre. In Hue it has not had to. Says Colonel Le Van Than, the local province chief: “After ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps ...

The manslaughter trial of suspected Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his 94 accomplices has been postponed until March 2025 due to a shortage of prosecutors ... Simbi explained that the ...