What happened shocked the world – with Hector Pieterson becoming the poster child of the uprising that would indirectly and ultimately lead to South Africa’s first, free and fair elections in 1994.

The pictures exposed police brutality against defenceless students. The pictures revealed the lifeless body of Hector Pieterson in the arms of another student. »?Leballo was chief prefect of ...

Today, Freedom Day in South Africa because it is the anniversary of the country’s first all-race elections, President Jacob Zuma will bestow national honours on Sam Nzima for a photograph showing a ...

A group of Soweto residents who gathered outside the Hector Pieterson Square in Orlando West today described the Protection of State Information Bill as a “violation of their rights”. The residents, ...

Mzimkhulu was about four years younger than Hector Pieterson, the first teen to die from the 1976 students uprising. Credit must also be due to policemen like Tata Majikela and others who refused to ...

Johannesburg - Hundreds of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members marched to the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto on Saturday to draw "energy" for the organisation. "We came here to collect the ...

A journalism student Simon Sonnekus penned a letter that was published in the Mercury on 15.6.2015 addressed to Hector Pieterson. If Hector Peterson could reply to Simon Sonnekus "A letter to Hector ...

The Administration admits its favorite refugees to the United States. Plus: the alarming implications of the President’s ...

Years ago, I hopped on a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, excited for what promised to be the trip of a lifetime. I had been invited by an NBA agent […] The post Op-Ed: My Journey Through ...

The arts and culture department is verifying information regarding the DNA tests of Mbuyisa Makhubo, who famously carries a dying Hector Pieterson in a photograph of the Soweto uprising. “[The ...

Located in Soweto’s Orlando West, the Hector Pieterson Memorial commemorates the life of Hector Pieterson and all those who marched through Soweto on the 16th of June 1976. In visiting the ...

The authorities opened rapid fire on the marchers, fatally gunning down hundreds, including twelve-year-old Hector Pieterson. The photo of Hector’s lifeless body being carried by eighteen-year ...