Hundreds of people have looted foreign run convenience stores in Sharpeville in South Africa after a local shop owner was killed. Locals blamed foreigners for his death, sparking a wave of ...

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 ...

an event which became known as the Sharpeville massacre. In 1961, the Commonwealth made it clear that unless South Africa made preparations for majority rule it would no longer be welcome.

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 ...