Sharpeville Six

Tragically, Sharpeville and the Poqo uprising, amongst others, signalled a frightening trend and development. On the other hand Herren Volkanism gained the upper hand and brought even more racial intolerance and polarisation.

MR MOLAOA: Sharpeville.

... the, that for us was an encouragement, but I must say, coming from a situation where one had read a bit of history and one knew about events like Sharpeville at that time and it is something that weighed very heavily on my mind, especially the possibility that that could happen. I had a very ...

... and sometimes chastisement and sometimes direction from our parents. I remember very, very vaguely at the time of the 1960's when, you know, the Sharpeville Massacre happened. There were books in the house that for instance my mother would warn, especially Ben, who seemed to have quite a ...

... and severe ill-treatment and all these gross human rights violations should have been committed within a period starting from 1960 with the Sharpeville massacre extending right up to the 10th of May 1994. So, since the last time we were here for the hearings in Pretoria and in this ...

I would like to have your comment on that and also your comment on the relationship that ANGLO had with you after Sharpeville, 1960?

home I was made to sit down. The next day the police arrived, they picked me. They took us to Sharpeville. They were asking us questions. Five times they came to fetch us. They picked us up on the Tuesday, they came again and again and again. And the last time and we were just telling them ...

... experience in exile in the period since June 1958 when we formed a boycott movement, renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement immediately after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 and in that capacity I served the movement until ...

... disclosure of all relevant facts and accordingly amnesty is GRANTED to the applicant in respect of all offences related to the attack on the Sharpeville Police Station on 1 October ...

MR NOSENGA: Yes, that is correct, we started in Zone 12 to Zone 13, we shot people and we proceeded towards Sharpeville where we also shot at a taxi. We proceeded to Jomo's Place in Everton.

Sharpeville.

MS MAYA: Thank you Mr Chairperson. Sthembiso you are going to talk about what happened to you in March 1990 when you were on your back to the Sharpeville Day rally. Please tell us what happened.

MR VISSER: May I interrupt you General. It was just pointed out to me that in the second sentence of paragraph 5.8 the date 21st of March is probably Sharpeville Day?

... the Coloured Labour Preference policy was rigidly enforced. The African National Congress and the Pan African Congress were both banned after the Sharpeville massacre in March 1960, events which significantly altered the scale of public opposition to state controls. Eight women, ten children ...

MR BERGER: Would you agree with the evidence from one of your co-applicants, that the real problems were in townships such as Sharpeville and Sebokeng and that Boipatong was chosen as a target for the attack because it was closer, in fact very close to Kwamadala hostel, in stead of Sharpeville or ...

... of the people who actually appeared at other hearings, Mrs Bangeni from Soweto, the mother of Bheki Bangeni, and Duma from Sharpeville, one of the Sharpeville six people from the eighties, welcome to you two as ...

... it was not widely reported in the newspapers around the country. But it was clear that the residents of Worcester were really angry about the Sharpeville and Langa events and they were very active in the events that were organised following the Sharpeville massacre and the burning of passes ...

... get the thing into perspective for my understanding, you are saying that all perpetrators should go the same route of being taken to court be they Sharpeville where people were just massacred without having guns, be they June the sixteenth. Shall we raise those names and say the amnesty process ...

MR DAVID RAMOHOASE: He was a superior policeman in Sharpeville. He was well known. But they used to call him Comde (?). That is Mr Ben Pitsi. I know him personally. I don't know whether is he alive or not. Because he came from Lesotho. Maybe he went back to Lesotho or he is still working ...

MR JANSEN: And for purposes of the record, if you could confirm that in the later half of 1984, from September onwards, there was a serious political unrest, firstly in Sharpeville and then in the Vaal Triangle and this circled right throughout the country from there, is that correct?