March. A new month for a new start. In our country, it signals a new turn in the season as we’re fast approaching autumn, then those unwanted months of winter.
But to most of us, it marks yet another of the Sharpeville Massacre. On 21 March 1960, during a peaceful demonstration, police opened fire on an unarmed crowed. After the dust settled, 69 people lay dead and hundreds more lay wounded. From this point forward, The Struggle intensified, with the introduction of Mkhonto we Sizwe in 1961. We salute the fallen heroes risked their lives for the emancipation our people.
One other thing ‘least known’, Namibia was under South African rule from 1919 to 1990, after defeating the German forces in World War 1. According to Wikipedia, white farmers constituted inly 0.2% of the population but owned 74% of the land. South Africa also introduced homelands in South West Africa. They gained independence on 21 March 1990 when Sam Nujoma became the first democratically-elected president of Namibia.
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