Hector Pieterson celebrates 20 years since its inception
In honour of Youth Month, the City of Johannesburg will host its feast of celebratory events at the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum this June 16 to mark the 20th anniversary since it officially opened its doors in 2002.
In honour of Youth Month, the City of Johannesburg will host its feast of celebratory events at the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum this June 16 to mark the 20th anniversary since it officially opened its doors in 2002.
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The program is part of the city’s plans to celebrate arts and cultural institutions that have shaped South Africa’s arts, culture and heritage featuring exhibitions, workshops and festivals throughout the month of June.
“The Hector Pieterson Musemum was built to honour, preserve and conserve history and memory and commemorate the youth of 1976,” the statement read.
“The Museum has not only kept this history but played its part to create educational programmes for the community that will create awareness of the existence of the Museum whilst educating the community about the historical events that took place in 1976 and creating opportunities that will make a positive difference for the contemporary youth.”
The festivities will kick off with the annual June 16 uprising conference to be held on Sunday 12 which host panel discussions from academic, civic grounds and community leaders on issues affecting the youth.
Events will continue on June 16 with birthday celebrations getting underway at the Museum hosting with dance, art and music targeted at high school learners.
The birthday celebrations will continue into the night with a planned Gala dinner for the elderly members in Orlando at the Uncle Tom’s community center.
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The week-long celebrations will conclude on a high with the Children’s Day celebration set to bring all children under the age of 13 under the same roof for a day filled with music and dance.
The large Museum in Orlando West is located two blocks away from where 15-year-old Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The Museum has become a central heritage site in retelling the events of the fateful morning of 1976.
South Africa marks 42 years since the Soweto Uprising protests, where thousands of students took to the streets against the apartheid education system, in response to Afrikaans being taught as the medium of instruction in schools.
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