The government reacted to internal resistance by passing further repressive laws which caused even more resistance to the apartheid system. ... As black resistance grew, the National Party Government took harsh repressive action in the form of violence and new laws. In 1960, the Pan-African Congress leaders organized nationwide peaceful demonstrations against 'pass laws' that restricted individual freedom. ... The Sharpeville massacre clearly brought change to South Africa because it caused many people to be aware of how unjust and the violent the apartheid government was willing to...

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