Human Rights Day

Hey Everyone,

So I decided to post a link to our Shosholoza video on Facebook.  I don't think you need a profile to view it, but if you do let me know and I will try another way.  Now, there are no music majors in our group and overall no amazing singers and we were taught this song in 20 minutes, so considering those circumstances, I think it turned out really well.  This is our show for the NMMU choir who sang for us in return after.  They were much better than us(Sorry, no video of them).  I have posted a video of a flash mob they did last July in the big shopping center here in PE, so check them out.

Shosholoza

NMMU Choir Flash Mob

Otherwise, yesterday was Human Rights Day in honor of the Sharpeville Massacre.  The event was on March 21, 1960 when a large group in the Sharpeville Township (about 35 miles south of Johannesburg) protested the Pass Laws of Apartheid which forced people to carry a pass stating where they were allowed to be.  Blacks could therefore not go into a white area unless in their pass their employer allowed it during the day.  The police on the scene had live ammunition and fired on the protesters killing 69 and wounding more than 350.  The worst part about it was, almost all of the bullet wounds were found to be in the back as people were running away.  


In honor of that event, we had class off which I spent finishing my 18 page paper on the transition stage of 1990-1994.  This period was after Apartheid, but before Democracy.  More people died during those 4 years than in the prior 300 years of the country, and that includes Apartheid and the South African War (Anglo-Boer Wars).  It was a hectic time in the country which is why the end result is considered a miracle.

Thanks for reading as always!

Cheers,
Bobby