Human Rights Day will be commemorated all over South Africa today, Wednesday Sharpeville March 21, as a reminder of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 and the struggle against apartheid.
The massacre took place in the Sharpeville township in Gauteng when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) embarked on a protest against the passbooks that black people were forced to carry. The protesters marched to the police station where they were to surrender themselves for defying the pass laws.
The 5000 protesters met a heavily armed police contingent at the station. A stand-off ensued. Read More