Named after the 13 year old student who was shot and killed by the police during the Soweto Uprising in 1976, the Hector Pieterson Museum offers an account of the event, the social and political unrest leading up to it, and the aftermath

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Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Johannesburg

Named after the 13 year old student who was shot and killed by the police during the Soweto Uprising in 1976, the Hector Pieterson Museum offers an account of the event, the social and political unrest leading up to it, and the aftermath.

Named after the 13 year old student who was shot and killed by the police during the Soweto Uprising in 1976, the Hector Pieterson Museum offers an account of the event, the social and political unrest leading up to it, and the aftermath. Newspaper photographer Sam Nzima's iconic image of Pieterson's body being carried by fellow student Mbuyisa Makhubo, with his sister Antoinette Sithole running alongside, became a symbol of the atrocities committed during the apartheid era. The museum exhibits pictures, audiovisual displays and historical documents relating to the events of that time.


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About Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum

 8287 Khumalo Rd, Orlando West, Johannesburg, 1804, South Africa

 +27 11 536 0611

 www.joburg.org.za

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