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Hector Pieterson Museum

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Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Hector Pieterson Museum
Phone:
+27 11 536 0611

Address:
8287 Khumalo St, Soweto, South Africa

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Hector Pieterson was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed during the Soweto uprising, when police opened fire on students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans. A news photograph by Sam Nzima of the mortally wounded Pieterson 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 Youth Day, when South Africans honour young people and bring attention to their needs.
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