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1960.3.21: The Massacre in Sharpeville

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day that changed the course of the South African history. When police forces hunted and a short while later opened fire on thousands of unarmed fleeing protesters, killing 69 and injuring at least 180...

...they inadvertently provided a catalyst for decades of (armed) liberation struggle and forced the rest of the world to confront the iniquity of apartheid. White minority rule finally collapsed in 1994. Two years later it was in Sharpeville that the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, signed a new constitution.

Related articles:
☞ Sharpeville: Legacy of a massacre (al-Jazeera, 3.21)
☞ Sharpeville 50 years on: 'At some stage all hell will break...' (Guardian, 3.19)