The Memorial Monument located at the site of the massacre incident and the 69 graves at the Phelindaba Cemetery, have both been included in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.
SHARPEVILLE.- This year’s Gauteng Provincial Human Rights Day commemoration activities, set to take place on Friday, March 21 in Sharpeville, will be taking place at the two newly designated World Heritage sites.
The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has elevated the statuses of the Sharpeville Memorial Monument and the 69 graves of the victims of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre.
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