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Encyclopedia > Sharpeville

Sharpeville is black township set up by the then apartheid government in southern Gauteng, South Africa between two large industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging. On March 21, 1960 the Sharpeville Massacre occured when the South African police opened fire on black civilians protesting the abhorred pass laws. The pass laws restricted them to certain areas and forced them to carry passes at all times. 69 people were killed and 178 wounded by police during the campaign.


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Sharpeville massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (511 words)
It could therefore be concluded that the cause of the Sharpeville massacre was not only that the government was oppressive, but also because of the inexperience of the police officers present which caused them to lose control of the situation and start firing on the crowd.
The Sharpeville massacre led to the banning of the ANC and PAC and was one of the catalysts for the foundation of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC, and Poqo, the military wing of the PAC.
The Sharpeville Massacre - a watershed in South Africa, by The Rt.
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