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Hector Pieterson’s sister, Lulu Pieterson, has joined the Democratic Alliance. “Lulu joins the DA at a historic time in our nation’s struggle for a better life,” DA spokesperson Mmusi Maimane said ...
Explore the heart of South Africa's history this Youth Day weekend by visiting Soweto's poignant historical sites. Each ...
A journalism student Simon Sonnekus penned a letter that was published in the Mercury on 15.6.2015 addressed to Hector Pieterson. If Hector Peterson could reply to Simon Sonnekus "A letter to Hector ...
Johannesburg - Over 300 people gathered at the Hector Pieterson memorial on Wednesday for a wreath laying ceremony as part of Youth Day commemorations. Peterson, then aged 13, was shot dead by police ...
Today, Freedom Day in South Africa because it is the anniversary of the country’s first all-race elections, President Jacob Zuma will bestow national honours on Sam Nzima for a photograph showing a ...
The Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), launches the 2025 ...
Johannesburg - Hundreds of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members marched to the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto on Saturday to draw "energy" for the organisation. "We came here to collect the ...
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, ...
The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, which will take place from 19 to 29 June, offers a diverse lineup of films.
The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, ...
This week, I spoke to Antoinette Sithole, whose twelve-year-old brother Hector Pieterson died on the first day of peaceful protests by Black children in Soweto, in 1976, over the white government ...
Earlier in the day, Zuma attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Hector Pieterson Memorial Square in Orlando West, Soweto. He was joined by ANC leaders in Gauteng. These included Premier Nomvula ...