See Hector Pieterson's Face: Unveiling Apartheid's Brutality
A Nation's Grief, Captivated in a Single Frame Imagine this: a young boy, lifeless, cradled in the arms of a grief-stricken woman. His sister, eyes wide with terror, runs alongside. This isn't some imagined scene; it's the heart-wrenching reality captured by Sam Nzima's photograph of Hector Pieterson, a moment frozen in time on June 16th, 1976, during the Soweto Uprising. The image, stark and profoundly moving, instantly became a global symbol of the fight against apartheid, a stark reminder of the regime's brutality....