Hector Pieterson
South African activist
- Fame57.7
- Momentum10.0
- South Africa rank#76
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- Fame57.7
- Momentum10.0
- South Africa rank#76
- Activists rank#29
- Wikipedia28.8K
Lived 1963–1976, aged 13South Africa
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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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