The Guardian -
16 Jun 2016 06:00

A photo of a 12-year-old shot dead by police in 1976 travelled the globe. Now the family of the teenager who tried to save him reflect on South Africa then and now The sky above was dark with smoke. At the railway station, as Ntsiki Makhubo and her mother returned from a day in Johannesburg, they were met by an anxious crowd. As they stepped down from the train, they trod on shattered glass and heard the news. Your brother has been shot and killed, Makhubo was told.
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