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SHARPEVILLE - The 21st of March 1960, a dark day in South Africa's history. Thousands of black people gathered peacefully that day, to protest the unjust pass laws.
The apartheid government responded in the most brutal way.
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In the end 69 people were massacred and hundreds injured after police opened fire indiscriminately and for black South Africans, enjoying basic human rights, was distant dream.
eNCA's Moloko Moloto filed the story.