The PAC wished to pre-empt and out-do the ANC. Mandela wrote ' they sought to sabotage us' as the PAC announed they were going to mount its own mass action on 21 march
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What three factors politicised sharpvielle
In 1958 numbers were swelled by the arrival of abut 10,000 people under the group areas act, the area was favoured by migrant workers in Lesotho who had even more insecure rights and the first PAC branch was founded in Sharpvielle in 1959
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What happened the previous day before the Sharpvielle massacre
A policeman was stabbed by youths, and as a result the police responded by force killing 2 protestors
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How many people gathered outside the police station
5 thousand
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Why did PAC leaders request the police to arrest them all?
They believed that due to the imposibility of the task the government would announce the suspension of the pass laws
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How many policemen with rifles were there
200
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Why were the police nervous?
9 police officers were killed in Cator manor a few weeks before. this may have triggered the shootings
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How many protestors were killed and injured?
69 died and 187 were injured
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What did policemen do after the shooting?
They were accused of kicking and killing wounded people
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How had the massacre provoked international denunciation?
The UN passed a resolution condemning Sharpvielle and called for a reversal of apartheid and Britian and the US supported a later resoulition declaring apartheid to be a violation of UN charter
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What did Africans do on the 30th of march
30,000 africans marched in an orderly demonstration deomg langa to Cape town and was led by Kgosana. The police promised that the minister of justice would meet a PAC delegation if the crowd dispersed, but this never happened and Kogswana got bagged
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How did the state of emergency benefit the police
It strengthened police powers as police could detain people without fear of restriction by the courts. They used the Public Safety act which required no warrants.
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What significant leaders were arrested after the events of sharpvielle
Mandela was arrested at home in Orlando (who said in his autobigoraphy 'we were now, all of us, outlaws' ) and Luthuli (president of the ANC) was assaulted after his arrest,
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What act did the national party enforce after sharpvielle?
Unlawfal organisations act banning parties that threatened public order. It was aimed at the ANC and PAC.
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What three factors politicised sharpvielle
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In 1958 numbers were swelled by the arrival of abut 10,000 people under the group areas act, the area was favoured by migrant workers in Lesotho who had even more insecure rights and the first PAC branch was founded in Sharpvielle in 1959
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What happened the previous day before the Sharpvielle massacre
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How many people gathered outside the police station
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Why did PAC leaders request the police to arrest them all?
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