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Hector Pieterson

South African activist

  • Fame57.7
  • Momentum10.0
  • South Africa rank#112
Source-basedStable
  • Fame57.7
  • Momentum10.0
  • South Africa rank#112
  • Activists rank#97
  • Wikipedia28.8K
Lived 1963–1976, aged 13South Africa
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  • Wikipedia
    20 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in South Africa
    #112
    Activists
  • Era
    1963–1976
    Aged 13
Summary
Updated 2026-07-01

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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Fame
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57.7
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Momentum10.0
Historical17.0
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Country rank
#112
Category rank
#97
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