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EFF ‘reject’ Human Rights Day – and they now want it RENAMED

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It wouldn’t be a public holiday without the EFF denouncing the event, would it? The Red Berets have taken the opportunity to lambast Human Rights Day in South Africa – and they are now calling for a title change. Should Human Rights Day change it’s name? Sharpeville Day suggested by EFFHuman Rights Day is commemorated on 21 March every year. This is the date when scores of black citizens, who rose up against the brutal apartheid regime in 1960, fought back against oppressive, racially-based laws. In total, 69 people died – and that sacrifice, according the EFF, is being completely underplayed….

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