Exploring our National Days: Human Rights Day 21 March

Human Rights Day remembers the events of 21 March 1960. On thus day, police shot at a group of people protesting against having to carry passbooks. Sixty-nine people were killed. It became known as the Sharpville Massacre, after the town of Sharpville where it happened.

This book will explain what human rights are, and the importance of 21 March in the history of South Africa. Our new Constitution says that these rights may not be abused, as they were on 21 March. The events of that day changed South Africa's future, helping it to become the democracy that it is today. 

This is the first book in a series of seven that explores important days in the history of South Africa. Other titles include Freedom Day (27 April)  and Youth Day (16 June).