Hector Pietersen Museum

Hector Pietersen (seen being carried in the background image) was shot and killed by the police while protesting the inclusion of Afrikaans as the language of instruction for all subjects in schools in 1976. He was 13 years old and the first student to die in the resistance, making him a symbol for the cause.

This is South Africa

January 22nd 2009
“I’m from the United States,” said the Black youth, surveying our reactions. I flinch at this introduction, considering our surroundings. I’m standing in Kliptown, a shantytown of sorts - a miniscule corner of Soweto just outside Johannesburg. I’m confused as to how an American teenager of any creed or culture could end up as one of the four million people living here. “I’m from the ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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