June 16 1976, Soweto students rally against the use of Afrikaans as a language of instruction in scools and inferior bantu education in general. The rally ends in tragedy when children are killed by live bullets fired by police, the event reverberates around the world and is followed shorly thereafter by UN sanctions against South Africa.
13 yr old Hector Peterson was photographed as he was carried away dying. The famous photo has come to symbolise the event considered to be the turning point in the struggle against apartheid.
The museum is a novel and interesting multimedia presentation of the history of the struggle against apartheid.
Museum Curator: Mr. Ali Hlongwane
Cell: +27 82 463 9869
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on Jun 17, 2006
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