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Home of Hastings Ndlovu

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About Home of Hastings Ndlovu

Part of a special series of plaques in Soweto to mark sites along the trail of the 16 June 1976 student uprising.

Address

7253 Thabete Street, Orlando West, Soweto
2012

Inscription

A 17 year old learner at Orlando North Secondary School, Hastings Ndlovu was among the first victims killed by the police on June 16 1976. That morning he led a group of students towards the bridge in Khumalo Street, where they met with police from Orlando Police Station led by Colonel Kleingeld. Here Hastings was shot at, and later died at Baragwanath hospital. During the hearings of the Cilie Commission, Kleingeld claimed that Hastings Òwas inciting the crowdÓ.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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