| Shell House | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 51 Plein St, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°11′57″S28°02′47″E / 26.19920°S 28.04641°E /-26.19920; 28.04641 |
Shell House is an office building located at 51 Plein Street,Johannesburg. It was donated toSouth Africa'sAfrican National Congress (ANC) by the oil company Shell. The ANC has governed the country since 1994. The ANC is now located inLuthuli House. It was the scene of theShell House massacre on 28 March 1994, when ANC security guards opened fire on a crowd of about 20,000 supporters of the rivalInkatha Freedom Party (IFP), killing nineteen people.[1]
The ANC relocated its head office from Shell House toLuthuli House in 1997.
