Two of Hector Zolile Pieterson’s siblings are at each others’ throats over his legacy and money donated to the family over the years. Pieterson was among the first children mowed down in the ...

Images have a powerful effect on people. Besides the iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson taken on 16 June 1976, so many recent moments have been captured that have given me a renewed and deep ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Antoinette Sithole, the sister of the late Hector Pieterson, as he visits the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, Aug. 7 ...

Hector Pieterson was a 12-year old schoolboy in Soweto on June 16, 1976. That morning he joined several thousand other youths in a march denouncing apartheid education policies. By the afternoon ...

For the past 20 years, her crusade against the Hector Pieterson Museum – which she wants closed down – has taken her to the office of the president in Pretoria, the public protector and Winnie ...

On a windy winter afternoon, a large group of workers hurried to finish erecting a stage in front of the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum in preparation for the annual Youth Day celebration.

The day marks the death of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson, killed by police in 1976 during student protests in Soweto. His death became a symbol of youth resistance to apartheid. It is a day of ...

Johannesburg - Over 300 people gathered at the Hector Pieterson memorial on Wednesday for a wreath laying ceremony as part of Youth Day commemorations. Peterson, then aged 13, was shot dead by police ...

The black-and-white photo illustrates the brutality of the apartheid regime: young Hector Pieterson carried by a fellow schoolboy after being gunned down by police on June 16 1976 in Soweto.

killing 12-year-old Hector Pieterson. Don't miss "The New Generation," the second episode of the landmark series, "Have You Heard from Johannesburg," airing January 12, 2012 (check local listings).

Two of Hector Zolile Pieterson’s siblings are at each others’ throats over his legacy and money donated to the family over the years. Pieterson was among the first children mowed down in the ...