South Africa, June 17 -- When we remember 16 June 1976, we often remember the photographs. Mbuyisa Makhubu carries Hector Pieterson after Pieterson was shot and killed at the Soweto Uprising. Antoinette Sithol, Pieterson's sister, runs beside them. Image credit:, via Wikimedia Commons Mbuyisa Makhubu carries Hector Pieterson after Pieterson was shot and killed at the Soweto Uprising. Antoinette Sithol, Pieterson's sister, runs beside them. Image credit: (c) Sam Nzima, via Wikimedia Commons The images of schoolchildren moving through the streets of Soweto.

The courage etched onto their young faces.

The unrest, the sacrifice and the tragic loss that would come to symbolise one of the most defining moments in South Africa's history.

But ...