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Sharpeville Photos

Browse 757 sharpeville photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

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More than fifty native South Africans lie dead after police opened fire on a demonstration in Sharpeville. The people were protesting against the...

Aftermath of Sharpeville Massacre

Apartheid, Demonstration, 1960-1969

Members of the anti-apartheid movement commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre with a re-enactment outside South Africa House...

Sharpeville Memories

Apartheid, South Africa, Mass Murder

The aftermath of riots in the streets of Sharpeville, 38 miles from Johannesburg. The rioting was in response to laws requiring black citizens to...

Sharpeville Riot

North American AT-6C Harvard of the South African Airforce flies low over Africans at Sharpeville in an attempt to frighten villagers protesting at a...

Apartheid, South Africa

Members of the anti-apartheid movement commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre with a re-enactment outside South Africa House...

Sharpeville Re-enactment

Mass Murder, Anti-Apartheid, Apartheid

After The Black Population'S Protest Against The Pass System, An Interior Passport For Blacks Only To Control Their Comings And Goings, Dead Black...

Victims Of Sharpeville'S Racial Riots In South Africa, 1960

Apartheid, Order, South Africa

Washington, D.C. A protester marches in front of the South African Embassy in D.C., on the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre.

Apartheid Protester Wearing Sign

Apartheid, South Africa, Violence

Black youths manning barricade during disturbances marking 25th anniv. Of killing of 69 blacks by police.

Black youths manning barricade during di

Armoured vehicles in the streets of Sharpeville, during rioting in response to laws requiring black citizens to carry passes.

Sharpeville Massacre

Dead and wounded rioters lying in the streets of Sharpeville, South Africa, following an anti-apartheid demonstration organized by the Pan-Africanist...

Sharpeville Aftermath

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal . After a day of...

Sharpeville massacre.

Mass Murder, South Africa, Apartheid

Scrawled on wall during disturbances marking 25th anniv. Of killing of 69 blacks by police.

NO WORK TODAY scrawled on wall during disturbances

Racial Tensions

Small boys by NO WORK TODAY graffiti during disturbances marking 25th anniv. Of killing of 69 blacks by police.

Small boys by NO WORK TODAY (wall) graff

Mass funeral for victims of the Sharpeville massacre, 1960. 69 people were killed when the Sharpeville police opened fire on a crowd of protestors...

Sharpeville Funeral

Mass Murder, South Africa, Cemetery

Man leaves in the pouring rain the grave of a relative, one of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville...

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General view of the column that commemorates Enuwell Mokonyane Mohlatsane, who was a victim of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, at Sharpeville memorial...

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The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal . After a day of...

Sharpeville massacre.

Mass Murder, Apartheid, South Africa

South African policemen confer as part of an attempt to regain order as protestors from the township of Sharpeville demonstrate against government...

Sharpeville Massacre

Residents from the township of Sharpeville gather during a demonstration against government pass laws as part of a day of protest at Sharpeville in...

Sharpeville Massacre

Residents from the township of Sharpeville burn their pass books during a demonstration against government pass laws as part of a day of protest at...

Sharpeville Massacre

An a cappella choir performs during a ceremony commemorating the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21 when dozens were killed, at Phelindaba Cemetery in...

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Member of the protocol lays flowers to the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at...

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Woman motions as she whispers a prayer on the grave of a relative during the commemorations of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is...

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South African police officers riding atop Saracen armoured cars at the township of Sharpeville during a day of protest against government pass laws,...

Saracen Armoured Cars

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal . After a day of...

Sharpeville massacre.

Mass Murder, South Africa, Apartheid

Pan African Congress activists gather to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre anniversary at the Phelandaba in Sharpeville in the Transvaal on March...

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Pan African Congress activists commemorate the Sharpeville massacre anniversary at the Phelandaba in Sharpeville in the Transvaal on March 21, 2017....

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Children from Matsie Steyn primary school, Sharpeville, Vereeniging, South Africa, watch a performance of the �No Monkey Business' puppet show, an...

South Africa - AREPP - Theatre for Life

South African anti-apartheid activist, and leader of Umkhonto we Sizweeeting Nelson Mandela, attends a meeting of the African National Congress in...

Meeting of the ANC in Sharpeville

Meeting of the African National Congress in Sharpeville.

Meeting of the ANC in Sharpeville

Members of the African National Congress sing and dance at the Gauteng United Against Racism march on Human Rights Day, 21 March in Sharpeville....

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Members of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania protest against South Africa's ruling African National Congress party at the gates of the Human...

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South African police on armoured vehicles prepare to attempt to regain order as protestors from the township of Sharpeville demonstrate against...

Sharpeville Massacre

Residents from the township of Sharpeville burn their pass books during a demonstration against government pass laws as part of a day of protest at...

Sharpeville Massacre

Apartheid, South Africa, 1960-1969

: Dr Shirley Summerskill, daughter of Dr Edith Summerskill, Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo of the South African United Front, author Vera Brittain and Dr...

Sharpville Vigil

Performers reenact the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers for survivors and...

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Performers reenact the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers for survivors and...

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Survivors and relatives watch as performers reenact the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September...

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Performers reenact the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers for survivors and...

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Mpai Chabane, touches the memorial column for her grandmother Martha Thinane who was killed during the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, at the memorial...

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Performers stand after reenacting the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers...

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Performers stand after reenacting the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers...

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Mpai Chabane, whose grandmother Martha Thinane was killed during the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, poses for a photograph at the memorial site for the...

SAFRICA-JUSTICE-HISTORY-DEMONSTRATION-MASSACRE

Performers reenact the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre at the memorial site for the victims in Sharpeville, on September 3, 2026. Lawyers for survivors and...

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Tsoana Nhlapo, an activist who was born and brought up in Sharpeville, poses for a photograph at the memorial site for the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre...

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An a cappella choir performs during a ceremony commemorating the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21 when dozens were killed, at Phelindaba Cemetery in...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

Pastor passes by as relatives gather around the graves of some of those killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville...

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Relatives walk among the graves of some of those killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba...

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Pastor attends a ceremony commemorating the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

Family attends a ceremony commemorating the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21 when dozens were killed, at Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville on March...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

Relative of one of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, dries a grave at the Phelindaba...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

An a cappella choir performs during a ceremony commemorating the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21 when dozens were killed, at Phelindaba Cemetery in...

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Members of an a cappella choir perform during the commemorations of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

Man kneels in the pouring rain on the grave of a relative, one of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville...

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Supporter wearing paraphernalia of the African Congress for Transformation stands as members of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania chant during a...

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Member of the protocol deposes flowers on the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at...

SAFRICA-HISTORY-ANNIVERSARY-HUMAN RIGHTS

Elisabeth stares at the grave of her mother, Paulina Mamotshab who was killed on March 21, 1960 together with dozens of others during what is...

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Members of the protocol depose flowers on the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at...

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Girl shields from the rain as a member of the protocol carries flowers to the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered...

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Elisabeth speaks to other women at the grave of her mother, Paulina Mamotshab who was killed on March 21, 1960 together with dozens of others during...

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