Sharpville Massacre News Today

Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.

Despite its historic importance, Sharpeville itself has remained unknown and its residents anonymous, yet they have a story to tell.

Langa Centennial Planning Committee (LCPC) said they are pleading with Radio 2000 to ensure their reporting is accurate, balanced and fair.


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Attack. and so it is languaged only from a place of privilege because sharpville is not a single scenario. >> no. it was a part of -- >> its a cycle. you know, youre talking about a people whose daily diet was institutionalized injustice, brutality. that was the reality that they lived under. >> in terms of what michael said, its fascinating if you read the writing on this, it was the amount of theorizing that was done about this turn. this wasnt like we lost our cool, were mad now. this was und...

That this is magical space that he inhabits as an individual as opposed to the institutional structures that framed him and really shaped who he became. >> and there was this struggle inside the movement at the moment. >> absolutely. >> after sharpville. i think its hard to kind of get into peoples head the b barbarity. sharpville and had this profound effect. there was a struggle inside the movement about how long are we going to essentially walk into this? >> right. >> and when you talk about ...

Officers opened fire on thousands of nonviolent black anti-apartheid protesters, killing 69 of them including 10 children. it was called the sharpville massacre, and it was such a significant moment in the struggle that 36 years later, mandela would travel to sharpville to sign the new south african constitution into law. sharpville changed something in nelson mandela and his colleagues in what was already at that time a long nonviolent movement for democracy. it led them to conclude mandela sai...