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eventREF E-0012875Revised

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Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng

Date
26 Mar 1990
Updated
19 Mar 2020
Sebokeng

The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident claimed eleven lives and more than 300 were injured. The protestation focused on high rents, racially segregated local facilities and called for the resignation of township councillors.

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  1. 01SACSIS, "Justice for Marikana: Farlam Commission Not Up to the Task", From: SACSIS,[Online] Available:sacsis.org.za,[Accessed 24 March 2014].
  2. 02Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1990, p 37305

Last updated · 19 Mar 2020

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875

South African History Online (2011) 'Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875 (Accessed: 3 August 2026).

South African History Online, Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875, (accessed 3 August 2026).

"Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Eleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012875.

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