Mbuyisa Makhubo

Mbuyisa Makhubo (born 1957 or 1958) is the 18-year old South African 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.

References

• Davie, Lucille. "Hector Pieterson Gets His Memorial." City Of Johannesburg Official Website
• Davie, Lucille. "The Day Hector Pieterson Died." SA Web Directory

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Name	Makhubo, Mbuyisa
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