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  "path": "/thought-leader/opinion/2026-03-20-sharpevilles-legacy-how-a-massacre-shaped-the-global-fight-against-racism/",
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  "textContent": "On 21 March 1960, in the township of Sharpeville, police opened fire on an unarmed crowd of people protesting the apartheid pass laws. 69 people were killed – but reports suggest that the actual death toll was higher. Many more were injured. Protesters shot in the back as they fled. The youngest was 12 years […]",
  "title": "Sharpeville’s legacy: how a massacre shaped the global fight against racism"
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