Sharpeville

I-Sharpeville neNdaba yaseCato Manor

Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamalungelo Abantu lugujwa ngomhlaka 10 Disemba njalo ngonyaka ukuhlonishwa ukwamukelwa kweZizwe Ezihlangene zincela ku- Universal Declaration of Human Rights ngo-1948. Kodwa eNingizimu Afrika sikhumbula uSuku Lwamalungelo Abantu ngomhlaka 21 Mashi, ukukhumbula imicimbi eyenzeka ngalolu suku ngo-1960, ngesikhathi amaphoyisa evulela ngenhlamvu ebhekise kubabhikishi, abulala abantu abangama-69, futhi alimaza kabi abanye abangu-180. Akwaziwa ngokuqiniseka … Read more

I-Sharpeville Massacre

Isehlakalo somhlaka 21 Mashi 1960, kamuva esaziwa ngokuthi yi-Sharpeville Massacre, esinye sezikhathi ezethusayo kakhulu emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zendaba – abanye abantu babike ukuthi abesilisa nabesifazane ababebuthene esiteshini samaphoyisa e-Sharpeville babebhikisha ngokuthula, kanti abanye bethi isixuku besijikijela amatshe – kodwa okungaphikiswa muntu ukuthi inqwaba yabantu baseNingizimu Afrika balahlekelwe yimiphefumulo yabo ezandleni zamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika, … Read more

Sharpeville and the Story of Cato Manor

Internationally Human Rights Day is celebrated on the 10th December each year in honour of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. But in South Africa we commemorate Human Rights Day on the 21st March, in acknowledgment of the events that took place on this day in 1960, when the police opened fire … Read more