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Hector Pieterson

The devaluation of Youth Day in Soweto tells a story of despondency among young people

Maverick News

The devaluation of Youth Day in Soweto tells a story of despondency among young people

By Bheki C. Simelane

Youth Day and The Day of the African Child — honouring the past, empowering the future

South Africa

Youth Day and The Day of the African Child — honouring the past, empowering the future

By Chrissy Dube and Lennon Monyae

Hector Pieterson and the 16 June photograph that changed everything

South Africa

Hector Pieterson and the 16 June photograph that changed everything

By Shaun Smillie

Avalon Cemetery’s 50-year commemoration interrupted by Eldorado Park gun violence protest

South Africa

Avalon Cemetery’s 50-year commemoration interrupted by Eldorado Park gun violence protest

By Bheki C. Simelane

A ‘slap in the face’ for Struggle icons – thieves and vandals trample the sacred history of Soweto’s Avalon Cemetery

South Africa

A ‘slap in the face’ for Struggle icons – thieves and vandals trample the sacred history of Soweto’s Avalon Cemetery

By Bheki C. Simelane

Editorial: Four decades. Forty years. 14,610 days.

South Africa

Editorial: Four decades. Forty years. 14,610 days.

By Daily Maverick

Picturing Atrocity: The ethics of photographing violence

Magazine

Picturing Atrocity: The ethics of photographing violence

By Emma Dollery

Life Esidimeni: we shall not forget

ZAPIRO

Life Esidimeni: we shall not forget

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

Tending the graves in Avalon Cemetery amid robberies, emotional turmoil and Covid-19

South Africa

Tending the graves in Avalon Cemetery amid robberies, emotional turmoil and Covid-19

By Bheki C. Simelane

Children’s deaths as a result of police action: An unacceptable failure of international and constitutional obligations

South Africa

Children’s deaths as a result of police action: An unacceptable failure of international and constitutional obligations

By Ann Skelton and Christof Heyns

Asivikelane! A reflection on June 16 amid Covid-19

South Africa

Asivikelane! A reflection on June 16 amid Covid-19

By Angela Chukunzira

Youth Day 2020: Moments frozen in time that live on in our memories

South Africa

Youth Day 2020: Moments frozen in time that live on in our memories

By Chanel Retief