Sixty-Nine Shots

Sixty-Nine Shots recounts the tragic events of 21 March 1960, when a peaceful protest against South Africa’s pass laws ended in one of the most infamous massacres in modern history. Through the stories of protesters, police officers, families, and witnesses, this book reconstructs the day that shocked the world and exposed the brutality of apartheid to an international audience. More than a story of violence, it is a story of courage, grief, resistance, and the lives forever changed by a single afternoon. A powerful examination of the massacre that altered the course of South African history.