PICS: Lesufi, Makhura among those commemorating Soweto uprising on Youth Day

The Premier and MEC honoured 'the memories of our young heroes and heroines' at the Hector Pieterson Memorial on Sunday.

MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi and Gauteng Premier David Makhura at tge Hector Pieterson museum in Soweto, 16 June 2019, as part of youth day commemorations in the province. Picture: Nigel Sibanda.

Premier David Makhura delivered the keynote address at an event to honour those who fell during the 1976 Soweto Uprising at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in Soweto on Sunday. Nigel Sibanda was there.

MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi and Gauteng Premier David Makhura at the Hector Pieterson museum in Soweto, 16 June 2019, as part of youth day commemorations in the province. Picture: Nigel Sibanda.

MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi and Gauteng Premier David Makhura at tge Hector Pieterson museum in Soweto, 16 June 2019, as part of youth day commemorations in the province. Picture: Nigel Sibanda.

Picture: Nigel Sibanda.

Picture: Nigel Sibanda.

Celebrity painter Lebani ‘Rasta’ Serenje stands with his painting at the Hector Pieterson Memorial site in Soweto, Johannesburg, 16 June 2019, during Youth Day celebrations. Picture: Nigel Sibanda.