Human Rights Day: SA remembers Sharpeville Massacre
Various organisations, church leaders, government officials as well as ordinary South Africans have descended on Sharpeville on Human Rights Day.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura led a wreath laying ceremony at the Sharpeville Memorial at the Pelindaba Cemetery in remembrance of the 69 people who were shot and killed on this day in 1960.
This was followed by an anti-racism march to the cricket pitch.
As part of the commemoration, 69 white South Africans also gathered in remembrance of the 69 protesters who were shot and killed in the Sharpeville Massacre 56 years ago.
#Sharpeville 69 white South Africans gathered at memorial site here in remembrance of the 69 who died 1960. SM pic.twitter.com/g4fDcEr1pH
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) March 21, 2016
Edited by Suné du Toit