The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa to protest against the apartheid system and its pass laws.
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Internal resistance to apartheid1949–1994 social movement in South Africa
Transvaal (province)1910–1994 province of South Africa
Union of South AfricaBritish dominion in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961
South African PoliceLaw enforcement agency from 1913 to 1994
Nelson MandelaPresident of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
ApartheidSouth African system of racial segregation
National Party (South Africa)1914–1997 South African political party
