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Sharpeville (also
spelled Sharpville) is a
township situated between two
large industrial cities,
Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging, in
southern Gauteng...
- The
Sharpeville m****acre
occurred on 21
March 1960, when
police opened fire on a
crowd of
people who had ****embled
outside the
police station in the township...
- The
Sharpeville Six were six
South African protesters convicted of the
murder of
Deputy Mayor of
Sharpeville,
Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, and
sentenced to death...
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student strikes and work
boycotts between 1959 and 1960.
Following the
Sharpeville m****acre, some anti-apartheid movements,
including the ANC and PAC, began...
- in
which the
event took
place that gave rise to the observance, the
Sharpeville M****acre, the day is
commemorated as
Human Rights Day, and is a public...
- no
public acknowledgement of its roots,
being a
commemoration of the
Sharpeville m****acre in 1960 in
South Africa, nor
acknowledgement of the existence...
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fired upon by police,
resulting in the
deaths of 69
protesters in the
Sharpeville m****acre. The
incident brought international condemnation of the government...
- Police. On 21
March 1960, SAP
officers in the
Transvaal township of
Sharpeville opened fire on a
large anti-apartheid
protest outside of the
local police...
- Vereeniging.
Other neighboring townships include Evaton to the
north and
Sharpeville to the south. Sebokeng,
which literally means "gathering place" in Sesotho...
- peoples'
grievances over p**** laws and
forced relocation.
Following the
Sharpeville m****acre in 1960 and the
arrest or
exile of a
number of leaders, songs...
