Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sharpeville marked unquestionably a turning point in the struggle for liberation in azania. The massacre of people in sharpeville turned the tide again for the antiapartheid movement, which initiated strikes and work stoppages. The confrontation occurred in the township of sharpeville. After a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 5,000 to 7,000 black protesters went to the police station in a peaceful protest turned violent. The outcome of 16 june 1976 and what happened at sharpeville. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sharpeville.
The soweto riots signalled the beginning of the end for the racist, colonial state of south africa. The sharpeville massacre, 1960 exhibit divestment for. The adobe acrobat reader allows the viewing and printing of pdf portable document format files. In this context the way in which human restraint evaporated and ordinary men became brutal killers is perhaps not so surprising. Kofax power pdf editable pdf software helps individuals and businesses create editable pdf files, combine, and share with others without subscription fees. Because fierce mass action threatened the safety of everyone in south africa. Suddenly there was a sharp report from the direction of the police station. The soweto massacre or soweto uprisings also known as june 16, were some of the biggest massacre of the apartheid regime in south africa, mostly because it showed police repression against kids. Apartheid sharpeville massacre source based assessment. The savage massacre of african patriots at sharpeville and other places in south africa on 21 march 1960 is of paramount significance in the struggle against apartheid and needs to be understood in its historical scope. The sharpeville massacre of 1960 and the 1976 student uprising that began in soweto triggered responses at the united nations and efforts to boycott south african goods in many countries.
You can either select the files you want to merge from you computer or drop them on. In the aftermath of the sharpeville massacre, protests broke out in cape town, and more than 10,000 people were arrested before government troops restored order. The sharpeville massacre, which occurred on march 21, 1960, in the township of sharpeville, south africa, was the incident that to that point resulted in the deaths of the largest number of south africans in a protest against apartheid it also came to symbolize that struggle. Sharpeville massacre an event which occurred on 21 march 1960, at the police station in the south african township of sharpeville in transvaal today part of gauteng. It marked the start of armed resistance, rather than peaceful resistance, towards the apartheid government on the part of the anc, which was banned shortly after the massacre. The sharpeville massacre showed the world the intense reality of apartheid kramer, 2005. The 5,000 protestors refused to leave and so the police fired at the unarmed protestors, killing 69 and wounding about 180 people. The sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 march 1960, at the police station in the south african township of sharpeville in transvaal today part of gauteng after a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. This is a list of links to articles on software used to manage portable document format pdf documents. The sharpeville massacre, as the event has become known, signaled the start of armed resistance in south africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of south africas apartheid policies.
An apartheid massacre and its consequences making of the modern world. As both the pac and the anc struggled with the limitations of peaceful protests and police became increasingly nervous with greater responsibilities, a political boiling pot had begun to simmer. The sharpeville massacre led to the banning of the pac and anc. The demonstrators were protesting against the south african governments restriction. How to combine files into a pdf adobe acrobat dczelfstudies. That impact is best broken down into its shortterm, mediumterm, and longterm significance. The portable document format pdf is a file format developed by adobe in the 1990s to present documents, including text.
Brian martin, justice ignited, chapter 2 authors prepublication version 2 sharpeville on 21 march 1960, white police in the town of sharpeville, south africa, opened fire on a large crowd of peaceful black protesters, killing perhaps a hundred of them and injuring many more. On march 21, 1960, police in sharpeville, south africa, shot hundreds of people protesting laws that restricted the movement of blacks. Sixtynine protesters died, and the massacre became an iconic moment in the struggle against apartheid. Downloaded pdf file will be rendered with the builtin pdf viewer when you click on one in them from the downloads panel. The sharpeville massacre of 20 march 1960 signalled the start of armed resistance in south africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of south africas apartheid policies. Sharpeville marked a turning point in south africas history.
Dozens killed in sharpeville originally published on 22 march 1960 mon 22 mar 2010. This protest was to be led by the anc protest group on the 31st of march but a rival protest group called the panafricanist congress pac. Slovo, ten years of umkhonto we sizwe, the african communist, 47 1971, 26 the massacre at sharpeville was a turning point because from that point onwards the white state geared itself for total mobilisation to smash the liberation movement. The immediate result of this action was the deaths of 69. The distinction between the various functions is not. Eyewitness accounts of the sharpeville massacre 1960. Apartheid sharpevillemassacre sourcebasedassessment. Relying on fascinating archival testimonies of demonstrators but little from the police lodge explains that the protests had been organized by the pan. This was in direct defiance of the governments countrywide ban on public meetings and gatherings of more than ten persons. The sharpeville massacre aroused outrage against the south african government and worldwide support, awareness and sympathy for the antiapartheid activism in south africa increased. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
I will argue that the massacre created a major shortterm crisis for the apartheid state, a crisis which appeared to. Pdf documents can contain links and buttons, form fields, audio, video, and business logic. Dismayed by the actions of the south african government, many countries boycotted the importation of south african goods and labour organisations refused to. Sharpeville massacre the sharpeville massacre occurred on march 21, 1960, when south african police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters. Before the massacre, white officials considered sharpeville a small, insignificant, and even a. Sharpeville massacre simple english wikipedia, the free. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. The sharpeville massacre started when the black south african protesters rallied outside the police station without their passbooks. As we drove through the fringes of the township many people shouted the panafricanist slogan izwe lethu, which means our land, or gave the thumbsup freedom salute and shouted afrika. The enforcement of pass laws and the reissue of laws that restricted the. Media in category sharpeville massacre the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. We went into sharpeville the back way, behind a grey police car and three saracens.
Although the reconstruction of events on and around 21 march 1960 also narrated by philip frankel in an ordinary atrocity. Sharpeville, home to 26,000 blacks within the larger town of vereeniging, located south of johannesburg, seemed an unlikely setting for a watershed moment in the history of apartheid resistance. This was in direct defiance of the governments countrywide ban on public meetings and gatherings of. International attention was focused on south africa. The sharpeville massacre, as the event has become known, marked the start of armed resistance in south africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of south africas apartheid policies. In the wake of the sharpeville massacre, some members of the anc believed that violence was necessary to combat apartheid. Sharpeville, a black suburb outside of vereeniging about fifty miles south of johannesburg, was through the 1950s. The sharpeville massacre sparked protests, riots and violence across south africa. The event also played a role in south africas departure from the commonwealth of nations in 1961. They hac come to hand in their passes to the police and asked to be arrested. Find highquality sharpeville stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images.
A total of 69 people were killed including 8 women and 10 children, and 180 people were injured, including 31 women and 19 children. They can be signed electronically, and you can easily view pdf files. Lerne, wie du mit adobe acrobat zwei pdfdateien miteinander vergleichst. On march 21, 1960, a group of over one hundred policemen in sharpeville fired on a large group of black south african protesters. In south africa today, this day is a public holiday in.
Sharpeville the crowd seemed to be loosely gathered around the saracens armored tanks and on the fringes people were walking in and out. An apartheid massacre and its consequences making of the modern world kindle edition by lodge, tom. Sharpeville 21 march 1960 in 1960 the ana, ac pac started new campaigns against the hate. The sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 march 1960, at the police station in the south african township of sharpeville in transvaal today part of gauteng. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4. The south african police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people and injuring 180 others. Sharpeville massacre, incident in the black township of sharpeville, near vereeniging, south africa, on march 21 1960, in which police fired on a crowd of black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them. When the news of the sharpeville massacre reached cape town a group of between to 5000 protestors gathered at the langa flats bus terminus around 17h00 on 21 march 1960. Sharpeville was much more than a single tragic event. Choose from a variety of file types multiple pdf files, microsoft word documents, microsoft excel spreadsheets, microsoft powerpoint. This webapp provides a simple way to merge pdf files. On the morning of 21 march 5 000 peon e gathered at the sharpeville police station near onannesburg to start the pac campaign. The sharpeville massacre occurred in unique circumstances, and proved to be a tragic event that would shape the future of the apartheid struggle. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in south africa.
The events at sharpeville deeply affected the attitudes of both black and white in and provided a major stimulus to the development of. Umkhonto wesizwe on 16th december 1961, umkhonto wesizwe spear of the nation was cofounded by nelson mandela as the military wing of the anc. The pac organized a protest in sharpeville against the pass laws, laws that kept blacks within south africa downing, 2004. In the black township of sharpeville, near johannesburg, south africa, afrikaner police open fire on a group of unarmed black south african demonstrators, killing 69 people and wounding 180 in a hail of submachinegun fire. In sharpeville, tom lodge explains how and why the massacre occurred, looking at the social and political background to the events of march 1960 as well as the. The sharpeville massacre was when a crowd of between 5,0007,000 black people protested at the police station in sharpeville, south africa on march 21, 1960. On june 16, 1976, black high school children in soweto protested against the afrikaans medium decree of 1974 which forced the schools to use afrikaans as one. It had wide ramifications and a significant impact.
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