Hector pieterson short biography
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Hector Pieterson
South African protester
Zolile Hector Pieterson (19 August 1963 – 16 June 1976) was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured population in South Africa, as the medium of instruction for all school subjects.
The students wanted to learn in their native languages, Xhosa and Zulu.[1] 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.
Hector pieterson short biography
The anniversary of his death is the designated Youth Day in South Africa.
Soweto Uprising
Main article: Soweto Uprising
On 16 June 1976, school children protested the implementation of Afrikaans and English as dual medium of instruction in secondary schools in a 50:50 basis.
This was implemented th