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Sharpeville Massacre survivors seek compensation

Survivors and families of those killed in 1960 are challenging an apartheid-era law that prevents them from being compensated by the state

Sekolotsa Abram Mofokeng was 20 years old when he was shot by police on 21 March 1960 in the Sharpeville Massacre. He was later arrested in hospital. The bullet is still lodged in his body. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee

Survivors and family members of victims of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre have launched a class action against the government seeking compensation.
They want the apartheid-era Indemnity Act, which barred legal claims by survivors and dependants of those killed in the massacre, to be declared invalid.
Survivors and relatives marked the launch of the legal action with a silent walk along the route of the 1960 protest, where police killed at least 91 people and wounded 238.

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