Sharpeville Six

... the PAC were immediately declared unlawful. Commenced: 7 April 1960 Repealed by s 73 of the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982 1960 21 March: Sharpeville Sixty-seven people were killed and 186 wounded by police at the Sharpeville police station during a PAC anti pass law demonstration. In ...

Overview of MK’s armed actions: 1960 to August 1990 40. On 8 April 1960, some three weeks after the Sharpeville massacre, the former South African government banned the ANC along with the PAC. This put an end to decades of largely peaceful protest by the ANC and, over the year that followed, ...

... incident must have occurred within the prescribed time period 16. The time period set by the Act was between 1 March 1960 (the month in which the Sharpeville massacre took place) and 5 December 1993 (the date the final agreement was reached in the political negotiations). This last date was ...

central role in marketing South African gold. They also invested in apartheid-era infrastructure in South Africa and in the homelands. 18. After the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the chairman of the largest Swiss bank, UBS, was asked: ‘Is apartheid necessary or desirable?’ His response was: ...

... Working Committee/Task Force/Poqo 279. The PAC explained in its submission that the response of the government to the anti-pass campaign (the Sharpeville massacre) led to the ‘formation of rudimentary units comprising mainly task force members. Armed operations were carried out at Bashee, ...