Happy Human Rights Day

Today is Human Rights Day in South Africa. We commemorate this day because on 21 March, 1960, the police opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing 69 and injuring another 180. The incident occurred in Sharpeville, near Vereeniging. This day marked the beginning if armed resistance in South Africa.

It doesn't look like it's a happy Human Rights Day today. The people over in Sharpeville are a little P.O'd that today's celebrations have been moved on over to Kliptown. The ANC leadership has responded to this by reminding us that "South Africans must accept that Sharpeville is a shared history" and that "South Africans lost fellow South Africans"

So, any of my fellow South Africans reading this, let us remember those who had sacrificed their own lives to make our country a better place. With luck, our leaders will do the same and have an attack of conscience.