Sharpeville Events Not A Massacre, But A Declaration Of War: Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has described the events of the 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville when at least 69 people were killed by the then apartheid regime and 180 were wounded as not a massacre but a declaration of war.

EFF held a Sharpeville Massacre Commemoration at Dlomo Dam, in Sharpeville in the Vaal, to honour the victims of 1960 who stood against the pass laws and colonial rule.

He says the human rights of South Africans have not changed even today. He has emphasised that it was Nelsons Mandelas dream that South Africa should be equal.

Our people stood courageously against injustice, demanding an end to the Pass Law that restricted their movement in their own land. But instead of being met with dialogue, they were met with bullets. Sharperville was not just massacre. It was a declaration of war by the apartheid regime against the black majority. It was a moment that exposed the true brutality of white minority rule to the entire world, says Malema.

Meanwhile, Malema says the US is not interested in a diplomatic relationship with South Africa. South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rassool was expelled last week after sharing his opinions on President Donald Trump.