PETERSON, Hector Zolile

Age 13

Description
Was shot dead by members of the SAP on 16 June 1976, during the Soweto uprising. During the protest five hundred and seventy five people were killed and two thousand three hundred and eighty people were injured in clashes between protesters and members of the SAP and the Riot Unit. Most of the protesters were youths or schoolchildren.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 3, Chapter 6

130 Hector Peterson’s sister, Ms Antoinette Sithole, gave a statement to the Commission about the death of her brother: Later I saw a group of school children coming towards us holding somebody, who happen to be my younger brother Hector Zolile Peterson. He was carried by Mbuyiswa Makhubo of ...

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Volume 5, Chapter 2

... Mogamat Shahim PHASWANA, Khorombi Josius PHOSHISHI, Daniel Papakwe PETERSEN, Norman PHASWANA, Ndanganeni Petrus PHOSIWA, Mbulaheni Phineas PETERSON, Glynn John PHATANG, Wilfred Kotope Chivos PHOSWA, Bheka PETERSON, Hector Zolile PHATHI, Tseko Jacob PHOSWA, Bongani PETLELE, Abram ...

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Volume 3, Chapter 6

... who responded by throwing stones. The police opened fire. Two pupils were fatally wounded. The first of these was thirteen-year-old Hector Zolile Peterson. It was Peterson’s death [JB00229/01GTSOW] that fundamentally transformed the nature of the student protest from a peaceful march into a ...

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