Five Months Nightmare - Sharpeville massacre

Five Months Nightmare - Sharpeville massacre. After the people's protest; after the Sharpeville killings; after 20 000 people had been detained; the government closed another chapter in our countries history. There was to be no change. Apartheid and baasskap was here to stay. Villagers flee the centre of the village where the police have opened fire on them, trying to protect themselves from the bullets by putting their coats over their head. Sharpeville, Transvaal

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