Hector Pieterson
South African activist · South Africa · On the map · Activists · Lived 1963 to 1976 · aged 12
Zolile Hector Pieterson was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising and massacre in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured populations in South Africa, as the medium of instruction for all school subjects.
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Country
South Africa
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1963 to 1976 · aged 12
