Sharpeville massacre, 66 years on: Families still wait for justice https://aje.news/yh9rdu
September 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Sharpeville massacre, 66 years on: Families still wait for justice https://aje.news/yh9rdu
Há 65 anos, ocorria na África do Sul o Massacre de Sharpeville — uma das piores chacinas cometidas contra os opositores do regime do apartheid. A matança ceifou 69 vidas e deixou mais de 180 feridos. Contamos essa história hoje, no @operamundi.bsky.social
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Horrores do apartheid: 65 anos do Massacre de Sharpeville
Há 65 anos, em 21 de março de 1960, a cidade de Sharpeville servia de palco para uma das piores
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March 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Há 65 anos, ocorria na África do Sul o Massacre de Sharpeville — uma das piores chacinas cometidas contra os opositores do regime do apartheid. A matança ceifou 69 vidas e deixou mais de 180 feridos. Contamos essa história hoje, no @operamundi.bsky.social
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During apartheid, South African armed forces killed 69 civilians in the Sharpeville Massacre. The world was shocked. This event is still taught in history classes.
On average, Israel has massacred more than 70 Palestinian civilians *every day* for the past 18 months.
On average, Israel has massacred more than 70 Palestinian civilians *every day* for the past 18 months.
March 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
During apartheid, South African armed forces killed 69 civilians in the Sharpeville Massacre. The world was shocked. This event is still taught in history classes.
On average, Israel has massacred more than 70 Palestinian civilians *every day* for the past 18 months.
On average, Israel has massacred more than 70 Palestinian civilians *every day* for the past 18 months.
Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
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Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
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September 28, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
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a particularly Bluesky-flavored obnoxious reply is when you note a good thing a bad entity did (eg the 1992 apartheid referendum) and people are like "oh so you think apartheid was good? you support everything they ever did?? you want to hug and kiss the Sharpeville massacre???"
March 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
a particularly Bluesky-flavored obnoxious reply is when you note a good thing a bad entity did (eg the 1992 apartheid referendum) and people are like "oh so you think apartheid was good? you support everything they ever did?? you want to hug and kiss the Sharpeville massacre???"
Photojournalist whose pictures set in progress apartheid’s end after he captured the shooting of protesters in South Africa, dies aged 92
Ian Berry obituary: photographer who witnessed Sharpeville Massacre
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October 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Photojournalist whose pictures set in progress apartheid’s end after he captured the shooting of protesters in South Africa, dies aged 92
That these people think a Sharpeville Massacre in an American city would be politically advantageous for them puts them in a bubble liberal elites can only aspire to
June 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
That these people think a Sharpeville Massacre in an American city would be politically advantageous for them puts them in a bubble liberal elites can only aspire to
Heute ist Internationaler Tag gegen Rassismus. Schon mal hinterfragt, wieso?
Am 21.3.1960 demonstrierten Tausende friedlich gegen das Apartheidsystem in Sharpeville. 69 Menschen wurden von der Polizei erschossen, Hunderte verletzt. 6 Jahre später rief die UN den Tag aus.
Am 21.3.1960 demonstrierten Tausende friedlich gegen das Apartheidsystem in Sharpeville. 69 Menschen wurden von der Polizei erschossen, Hunderte verletzt. 6 Jahre später rief die UN den Tag aus.
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Heute ist Internationaler Tag gegen Rassismus. Schon mal hinterfragt, wieso?
Am 21.3.1960 demonstrierten Tausende friedlich gegen das Apartheidsystem in Sharpeville. 69 Menschen wurden von der Polizei erschossen, Hunderte verletzt. 6 Jahre später rief die UN den Tag aus.
Am 21.3.1960 demonstrierten Tausende friedlich gegen das Apartheidsystem in Sharpeville. 69 Menschen wurden von der Polizei erschossen, Hunderte verletzt. 6 Jahre später rief die UN den Tag aus.
How one photographer’s images brought the violence of apartheid’s Sharpeville massacre to the world—and helped shape its memory.
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Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
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September 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
How one photographer’s images brought the violence of apartheid’s Sharpeville massacre to the world—and helped shape its memory.
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#ArtsCultureAndSociety
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Victims sue South African government over 1961 Sharpeville massacre that left 91 dead
Victims sue South African government over 1961 Sharpeville massacre that left 91 dead
Claim relating to infamous apartheid-era shooting of protesters part of wave of litigation for apartheid-era crimes
The day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville gathered to protest against pass laws, which forced “Black, Indian and Coloured” South Africans to carry documents at all times specifying where they were allowed to be.
Abraham Mofokeng joined the march, one of dozens organised nationwide by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a breakaway group from the African National Congress. “The weather was very nice, the sun was out. You could not have suspected that the day would go so horribly,” said Mofokeng, who was then a 20-year-old factory worker. Continue reading...
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September 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Victims sue South African government over 1961 Sharpeville massacre that left 91 dead
Just read The Mandela Brief, about Kentridge, who also served as a lawyer for the Treason Trialists, Bram Fischer, anti-apartheid clergyman Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, and at the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
The great S African lawyer Sir Sydney Kentridge is 103 today. In a Pretoria court in 1977 I watched in awe as he crucified the secret police who had murdered the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko - arguably the start of apartheid’s downfall. A very happy birthday, dear Sydney!
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just read The Mandela Brief, about Kentridge, who also served as a lawyer for the Treason Trialists, Bram Fischer, anti-apartheid clergyman Gonville ffrench-Beytagh, and at the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
Now reading Biko's I Write What I Like. Biko would be 78 now if not murdered.
The influential veteran photojournalist Ian Berry passed away on 13 September. He covered conflicts across the world, but is best known for the photographs he made that documented the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. Article by Kylie Thomas theconversation.com/ian-berrys-s...
Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The influential veteran photojournalist Ian Berry passed away on 13 September. He covered conflicts across the world, but is best known for the photographs he made that documented the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa. Article by Kylie Thomas theconversation.com/ian-berrys-s...
"Israeli apartheid has always had a sharper genocidal edge, of which Gaza today is the ultimate expression. South African apartheid was notorious for the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, in which 69 were killed; in Gaza, Israel has committed a Sharpeville almost every day for over a year." pg 420
May 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"Israeli apartheid has always had a sharper genocidal edge, of which Gaza today is the ultimate expression. South African apartheid was notorious for the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, in which 69 were killed; in Gaza, Israel has committed a Sharpeville almost every day for over a year." pg 420
Ian Berry was a British photojournalist with Magnum Photo when he was working for DRUM Magazine.
He was sent to the Sharpeville Police Station to cover a protest on his day off.
He didn’t know that he would be witness to police shooting the innocent.
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He was sent to the Sharpeville Police Station to cover a protest on his day off.
He didn’t know that he would be witness to police shooting the innocent.
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On This Day in History: The Sharpeville Massacre • Ian Berry • Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
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September 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Ian Berry was a British photojournalist with Magnum Photo when he was working for DRUM Magazine.
He was sent to the Sharpeville Police Station to cover a protest on his day off.
He didn’t know that he would be witness to police shooting the innocent.
www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/pol...
He was sent to the Sharpeville Police Station to cover a protest on his day off.
He didn’t know that he would be witness to police shooting the innocent.
www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/pol...
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 March 1960. Police shot dead 69 unarmed black South African demonstrators in the Sharpeville Massacre. In present-day South Africa, 21st of March is a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.
March 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 March 1960. Police shot dead 69 unarmed black South African demonstrators in the Sharpeville Massacre. In present-day South Africa, 21st of March is a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 March 1960. Police shot dead 69 unarmed black demonstrators in the Sharpeville Massacre. In present-day South Africa, 21st of March is a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.
March 21, 2026 at 9:11 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 March 1960. Police shot dead 69 unarmed black demonstrators in the Sharpeville Massacre. In present-day South Africa, 21st of March is a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.
Leia o artigo sobre o Massacre de Sharpeville na íntegra, com mais informações e detalhes, no site do @operamundi.bsky.social
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Horrores do apartheid: 65 anos do Massacre de Sharpeville
Há 65 anos, em 21 de março de 1960, a cidade de Sharpeville servia de palco para uma das piores
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March 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The Sharpeville Massacre (1960): On March 21, 1960, police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of unarmed Black protesters demonstrating against oppressive pass laws. At least 69 people were killed, and more than 180 were wounded, many shot in the back as they fled.
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The Sharpeville Massacre | CMHR
On March 21, 1960, South African police officers opened fire on a group of peaceful protestors, killing 69 people. This violent attack inspired local and international action against apartheid.
humanrights.ca
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Sharpeville Massacre (1960): On March 21, 1960, police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of unarmed Black protesters demonstrating against oppressive pass laws. At least 69 people were killed, and more than 180 were wounded, many shot in the back as they fled.
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In other words, a Sharpeville Massacre every day for nearly 18 months.
The apartheid regime was one of the most brutal states of its time. And yet Israel dwarfs it in terms of the sheer scale and barbarism of its violence.
The apartheid regime was one of the most brutal states of its time. And yet Israel dwarfs it in terms of the sheer scale and barbarism of its violence.
March 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In other words, a Sharpeville Massacre every day for nearly 18 months.
The apartheid regime was one of the most brutal states of its time. And yet Israel dwarfs it in terms of the sheer scale and barbarism of its violence.
The apartheid regime was one of the most brutal states of its time. And yet Israel dwarfs it in terms of the sheer scale and barbarism of its violence.
El 21 de marzo de 1960, la policía disparó contra una manifestación pacífica en Sharpeville, Sudáfrica, dejando 69 muertos. Seis años después, la ONU instauró el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial. 65 años después, el racismo persiste y policías siguen matando a negros.
March 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
El 21 de marzo de 1960, la policía disparó contra una manifestación pacífica en Sharpeville, Sudáfrica, dejando 69 muertos. Seis años después, la ONU instauró el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial. 65 años después, el racismo persiste y policías siguen matando a negros.
Het is de Internationale Dag tegen Racisme en Discriminatie - nav het bloedbad in Sharpeville, Zuid-Afrika (21 maart 1960). Toen jullie jolige nieuwe demoposters maakten omdat Sander S dat wilde is 'racisme' op velen gewoonweg verdwenen. Verdraai de geschiedenis niet. Juist nu: no white washing.
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Het is de Internationale Dag tegen Racisme en Discriminatie - nav het bloedbad in Sharpeville, Zuid-Afrika (21 maart 1960). Toen jullie jolige nieuwe demoposters maakten omdat Sander S dat wilde is 'racisme' op velen gewoonweg verdwenen. Verdraai de geschiedenis niet. Juist nu: no white washing.
This should have been the Sharpeville moment of the Palestinian rights struggle
Throwback to the Great March of Return in 2018, a peaceful protest marking the 70th anniversary of the Nakba. Gaza residents marched, unarmed, toward the perimeter fence, and were shot, predominantly in the ankles, by IDF sniper fire. Victims included disabled people, medics and doctors.
August 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This should have been the Sharpeville moment of the Palestinian rights struggle
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Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
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September 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
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September 25, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Ian Berry’s Sharpeville images exposed apartheid violence to the world
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
Ian Berry’s photographs of the Sharpeville massacre provided evidence of a crime against humanity.
#OtD 21 Mar 1960 the Sharpeville massacre occurred in South Africa after armed police fired on anti-apartheid protesters. Shooting went on for 2 minutes, after which 69 Black Africans were dead and 180 seriously wounded, many in the back as they fled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8021...
March 21, 2026 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 21 Mar 1960 the Sharpeville massacre occurred in South Africa after armed police fired on anti-apartheid protesters. Shooting went on for 2 minutes, after which 69 Black Africans were dead and 180 seriously wounded, many in the back as they fled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8021...