Sharpeville was horrific. Let’s not shroud it in euphemism

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HumanRightsDay'Why bring the country to a standstill to remember people killed in Sharpeville by a political system long gone, when the people in power right now are making such a spectacular mess?' asks Tom Eaton.

 

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Ja change human rights day to sharpeville day for fuck sakes every year its the same shit like only those people had rights. Human rights should be about the living not the dead

leona_kleynhans As opposed to pointing them towards the Democratising Apartheid party.. Our_DA

The biggest question that we should be asking ourselves is how does celebrating the death of a person bring the victims and the perpetrators together. How does this bring us together when you are told, this person killed your father.

This kind of thought is why we should rename this day to Sharpville Massacre

Makgowa a emenyana asseblief

Remember 80s

They always want us to forget, so that they can rewrite history again.

That's an insult.

ALETTAHA marikana lifeesidimeni

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