Sharpeville Massacre Survivors Sue South Africa Over Old Apartheid Law

Survivors of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, where at least 91 people died, filed a lawsuit on 3 September 2026 seeking compensation. They challenge a 1961 apartheid-era law that protected the government from being sued — a law never tested under South Africa's current constitution, adopted in 1994. A court must still approve the case to proceed.