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The Fight Against Apartheid Honored on the World Heritage List

» Published: 27 July 2024

The Fight Against Apartheid Honored on the World Heritage List
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Several different places around South Africa with connections to the fight against apartheid are added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Among them is Sharpeville, where police in 1960 shot and killed 69 black demonstrators, including several children. The massacre caused outrage around the world and led to the racist regime becoming increasingly isolated internationally.

The UN organization also lists the University of Fort Hare in Eastern Cape Province, where freedom fighter Nelson Mandela studied, as well as the village of Mqhekezweni, where he recounted that his political awareness was awakened.

The sites "bear witness not only to the fight against the apartheid state, but also to Nelson Mandela's efforts for freedom, human rights, and peace on behalf of us all", says UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

The island of Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for many years, has been on the World Heritage List since earlier.

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