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South Africa · Latest · 4 September 2026

Sharpeville survivors carry a 66-year demand into court

Survivors and relatives are pursuing justice and reparations connected to the 1960 massacre.

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Survivors and relatives are pursuing justice and reparations connected to the 1960 massacre.

A legal claim cannot reverse history, but testimony, archives and remedy can make public memory concrete.

Police killed 69 people at Sharpeville on 21 March 1960.

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