Mbuyisa Makhubo

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Mbuyisa Makhubo carrying Hector Pieterson. The third person is Hector's sister Antoinette.
Mbuyisa Makhubo carrying Hector Pieterson. The third person is Hector's sister Antoinette.

Mbuyisa Makhubo is the 18-year old school boy seen carrying Hector Pieterson in a famous photograph taken after the latter was shot during the Soweto Uprising in 1976.

After the photograph was released, he was harassed by the security services, and was forced to flee South Africa. His mother, Nombulelo Makhubo, told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that she received a letter from him from Nigeria in 1978, but that she had not heard from him since. While there he became ill with malaria and may have died[citation needed].

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Davie, Lucille City Of Johannesburg Official Website Hector Pieterson Gets His Memorial

Davie, Lucille SA Web Directory The Day Hector Pieterson Died


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