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Hector Pieterson Museum

Exterior of the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in Soweto.

Exterior of the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in Soweto.

This powerful museum, named after the 12-year-old boy shot dead during the student protests in Soweto on 16 June 1976, illuminates the role of Sowetan life in the history of the independence struggle. It's a major stop on all tours of Soweto and thus is almost always busy.

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