June 16 was the invoice for our democracy â 50 years on, it remains unpaid
The road to 27 April 1994, Freedom Day in South Africa, started on the dusty streets of Soweto on 16 June 1976.
Had Hector Pieterson not been shot dead that morning he would be a relatively young 62 today.
That fact alone â 50 missed years of living â tells us how much he and other youngsters sacrificed in the service of freedom.