engraved on the tombstone. According to the family, the correct spelling is Pieterson. Lawsuit On 9 August 2002 U.S. lawyer Ed Fagan led a $50bn class action suit by apartheid-era victims against international firms and banks who profited from dealings with the Apartheid regime. Among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit was Dorothy Molefi, Pieterson's mother. The South African government distanced themselves from the lawsuit. Fagan had filed a string of lawsuits over human-rights issues brought in order to force companies to settle. The cases were thrown out in 2004. Memorial and museum On 16 June 2002 the Hector Pieterson Museum was opened near the place he was shot in Orlando West, Soweto to honour Pieterson and those who died around the country in the 1976 uprising. Funded by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (R16 million) and the Johannesburg City Council (R7.2 million), it has become a major tourist attraction. The start of the museum begins with pictures of Pieterson's death. The museum fuses memorabilia with modern technology and cultural history. As of 2010, Pieterson's sister Antoinette, who is seen in the photograph, works at the museum as a tour guide. See also Soweto uprising References External links CNN reporter Robyn Curnow on Hector Pieterson (23 June 2009) Anti-apartheid activists Soweto Murdered South African children Murdered students People murdered in South Africa Protest-related deaths 1964 births 1976 deaths People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph People shot dead by law enforcement officers Victims of police brutality Photographs of protests