Sharpeville Survivors Sue South Africa, Targeting 1961 Apartheid Indemnity Law

Survivors of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre filed a class action on 3 September 2026, demanding compensation for at least 91 deaths. The case challenges a 1961 apartheid-era indemnity law — a statute shielding the government from civil claims — never tested against South Africa's post-1994 constitutional order at this scale. The suit awaits court certification.