Talk:Hector Pieterson

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This man's name is pretty obviously Peterson instead of Pieterson. To prove that there is a Hector Peterson Memorial Library in Cape Town, South Africa and finaly you can read his name at the Hector Peterson Memorial. --212.114.164.185 06:31, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A google search for "Hector Petierson" soweto -wikipedia returns only 19 hits. With Peterson there are over 10,000. Move to Peterson ? Wizzy…☎ 11:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hector's family insists that the correct spelling is Pieterson. The offical name of the first museum in Soweto is the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum according to the telephone book. See Joburg council's site for Pitso or Petersen or Pieterson? --Jcw69 14:10, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Fine by me. Maybe these comments on the Talk page are enough ? Wizzy…☎ 14:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Date format

This is a South African article - so why are dates (June 16, 1976) in US format, rather than (16 June 1976) SA format? I didn't want to just go ahead and make the changes, but if there is agreement ...

COPYVIO!

I'm at work and can't investigate in detail, but site has exactly the same thing from "conflict" *forced off the computer* --Kizor 08:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Death Toll

I am a bit confused. This article states that,

"By the end of that fateful day 566 children were dead."

The article History of South Africa in the Apartheid Era, while refering to the exact same incident that,

"The official death toll on the day was 23 dead, but some placed it as high as 200."

Please clarify as to which is correct. It may be that I am reading one or the other incorrectly. If so, please clarify. Thank you.

The article "Soweto Uprising" dealing with the actual events of that day states: "The number of people who died is usually given as 176, with estimates of up to 700." It includes 3 references for this information. South African Government Information website claims approximately 700 deaths during the weeks following this event. Kokkieh (talk) 18:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Age

If he died at the age of 13, as the article states, he couldn't have been born in 1964. 69.137.220.179 23:12, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I noticed this as well. If he was 13, there's no way he was born in 1964. Tad Lincoln (talk) 01:22, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Picture

Why is the mentioned photograph not accompanying this article? 98.218.76.102 (talk) 04:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

This article appears to be biased. Example: when discussing the photograph that was taken of him. why does it say that they ran toward the photo-journalist "for publicity?" How do they know exactly the motive behind it? Could it not have been nothing more than the photographer happened to see them, and snapped the photo (as is often the case is such events). The entire article sounds as though it was written by a white, pro-apartheid individual, and lacks historic clarity. Please fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.203.48 (talk) 14:03, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

You should fix it. Find the news sources and make the appropriate changes. --Moni3 (talk) 14:18, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Who shot Hector Pitso?

It's commonly implied that he has been shot by police, but what is the proof for this? --165.143.9.128 (talk) 15:34, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Seems nobody really knows this, or if they know, they don't tell us the truth. I'm sure Hector would still be alive, if he was in class learning what he was supposed to learn. --105.0.7.11 (talk) 13:03, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Your comment is not required as you are clearly a white supremacist. Our south African children had to take to the streets at that time to demonstrate against the evil apartheid system and the children were right to demonstrate. The evil police and evil system of apartheid are accountable for their deadly actions against the indigenous youths of South Africa.. 86.6.98.203 (talk) 20:11, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

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English

Zolile was not a good boy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.245.122.59 (talk) 20:11, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

When did he die

He died in 1850 197.184.164.137 (talk) 21:48, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect context

In the article it is said that the children in Soweto wanted to learn in their native language. This is wrong. In a recent interview with Sam Nzima and Hector Pieterson's sister they both stated that the children wanted to learn in English. Unfortunately, the interview is a Time Magazine video on YouTube and there is an irrational ban on YouTube interviews and content on Wikipedia. I hope someday Wikipedia can be a free intellectual forum with pursuit for knowledge and facts instead of a collection of banned sites that contain valuable content such as YouTube. 2804:7F0:B081:7B32:64BF:4A55:C0DE:A3DA (talk) 15:38, 21 July 2024 (UTC)