South Africa: Survey Shows Ignorance About Big Moments in South Africa's History - Like the Sharpeville Massacre

[The Conversation Africa] The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed black protesters outside the Sharpeville police station on 21 March 1960. An estimated 69 people were killed and 180 injured, many shot in the back as they fled the scene.