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South Africa may face class action over Sharpeville massacre
South Africa may face class action over Sharpeville massacre
Survivors of one of the defining events of the anti-apartheid struggle, the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, and their dependents have applied for permission to institute a class action against South Africa's government over the failure to repeal a 65-year-old law that prevents them from seeking damages.
An application, filed in the Gauteng High Court by one survivor and two descendants on behalf of a group of victims, seeks to start proceedings to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his justice and police ministers to take…
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