The events of 21st March, 1960 at Sharpeville in South Africa changed the politics of the country. It was an incident that shaped the current narratives around human rights in South Africa.

Human Rights Day in South Africa is celebrated, among the many inhumane instances that took place during the apartheid period, to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre that happened in a township situated between two large industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging in the southern part of Gauteng in South Africa.

How did the incident change the political dynamics of South Africa?