How did the soweto uprising end apartheid

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          Hector Pieterson

          South African protester

          Zolile Hector Pieterson (19 August – 16 June ) was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising in , when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured population in South Africa, as the medium of instruction for all school subjects.

          The students wanted to learn in their native languages, Xhosa and Zulu.[1] A news photograph by Sam Nzima of the mortally wounded Pieterson being carried by another Soweto resident while his sister ran next to them was published around the world.

          Why is hector pieterson a hero

        1. Why is hector pieterson a hero
        2. Who had shot hector pieterson and why
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        4. Provide a reason why black high school learners demonstrated on 16 june 1976
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          6. The anniversary of his death is the designated Youth Day in South Africa.

          Soweto Uprising

          Main article: Soweto Uprising

          On 16 June , school children protested the implementation of Afrikaans and English as dual medium of instruction in secondary schools in a basis.

          This was implemented throughout South Africa r