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The EFF says renaming this day to Sharpeville day will remind the nation of its significance. EFF leader Julius Malema says that history should not be distorted.The rally was a commemoration of those who died in Sharpeville 59 years ago.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane says it’s a shame that many South Africans continue to live under dire conditions, with no access to services. Maimane says there is no human rights day to celebrate because locals are sidelined by those in public office with no jobs for the youth. “We respect this day as the Sharpeville commemoration to remember those who have sacrificed their lives, to make sure that we become a free people as black people. We respect this day in particular, because it is being erased the significance of this day in the so-called democratic South Africa since 1994. You would know that this day is not in the mainstream described as Sharpeville Massacre Day, it is described as the Human Rights Day.

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Ramaphosa commemorates Sharpeville massacrePresident Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering his Human Rights Day address in Sharpeville, where in 1960, 69 people were killed and hundreds more injured when police opened fire on protesters who were burning their pass books at the Sharpeville Police Station. Marikana ! Life Esidimeni! 56 people murdered everyday in SA ! Farm murders ! Is he going to commemorate the Marikana massacre? Power just returned. Put tv in to find Cyril pontificating. There was a time I would have listened to him. No more. Too much easy talk. No action against criminals who have so badly damaged my South Africa
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