South Africa ... Human Rights Day on March 21 every year in honour of the people who died at the hands of the apartheid police on this day in 1960. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the ...

The international media coverage of the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 was the first time South Africa’s reality was brought to a wider audience, but although England Prime Minister Harold ...

South Africa on Friday commemorated Human Rights Day in remembrance of the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960. On this day ...

South Africa has plenty to celebrate when it comes to our post-1994 human rights ... 1985: Langa Massacre (March 21) On the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, police open fire on ...

The violence of the apartheid police was on display and it is seen as a turning point that helped the world wake up to the human rights violations being committed in South Africa. Gogo Tsoana ...

For a century and a half, blacks in the Union of South ... of Africa and throughout the world, the reaction was even angrier. Liberia’s President William Tubman called the Sharpeville massacre ...

Human Rights Day in South Africa commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, where 69 peaceful protesters were killed by police while demonstrating against apartheid pass laws. This day serves ...

A South African ... became known as the Sharpeville Massacre. Bishop Sipuka also called for the “building of a compassionate nation” to ensure that “human rights abuses as exemplified ...

The human rights that we celebrate every year are meaningless for many South Africans who continue ... Human Rights Day was previously known as Sharpeville Day shows how the courage and cost ...

On the roads leading up to the George Thabe Stadium in Sharpeville, the venue for government's official Human Rights Day commemoration ... in the history of South Africa. Our people's blood ...