Hector Pieterson Museum

Our next stop was at the Hector Pieterson Museum and Memorial. We had an expert guide who told us the familiar story of how Hector, aged 12, was shot and killed at the age of twelve during the Soweto uprising, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans.  A news photograph by Sam Nzima of the mortally wounded Hector being carried by another Soweto resident while his sister ran next to them was published around the world. The anniversary of his death is designated as Youth Day in South Africa.

Our guide pointed out Hector's sister, who also works as a tour guide, with a group of American tourists. How gruelling must it be for her to relive that terrible incident every day?!Meer informatie