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  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS

    Zuma to lead govt's Youth Day commemoration event in Ventersdorp

    Provincial dignitaries including Free State premier Ace Magashule are expected to attend the event.

    1801 days ago
  • Picture: EWN

    Political leaders: SA youth need economic freedom

    The DA’s Anneke Scheepers says the youth of today have the same responsibility as the youth of 1976.

    1801 days ago
  • This file photo taken on October 1976 shows demonstrators running away from a police charge during racial riots, in Cape Town. Picture: AFP.

    Untold stories of apartheid detainees

    30 years after being detained by apartheid police, some Cape Town detainees share their stories.

    2158 days ago
  • FILE: 12 year-old Hector Pieterson (seen on the picture at L) was shot on 16 June, 1976 during the Soweto uprising that today is a symbol of resistance to the brutality of the apartheid government. Picture: AFP.

    Mbuyisa Makhubu investigation leads to policy change in Canada

    Makhubu famously carried a dying Hector Pieterson during the 1976 Soweto Uprising.

    2165 days ago
  • Protesting students block the front gate, facing down police. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    OPINION: Below the radar, SA is limiting the right to protest

    Jane Duncan says to date public attention has focused mainly on the part police play in repressing protests.

    2166 days ago
  • FILE: 12 year-old Hector Pieterson (seen on the picture at L) was shot on 16 June, 1976 during the Soweto uprising that today is a symbol of resistance to the brutality of the apartheid government. Picture: AFP.

    Dirco denies it's covering up information about Mbuyisa Makhubu

    Makhubu is the man photographed carrying Hector Pieterson during the Soweto Uprising in 1976.

    2166 days ago
  • FILE: The iconic photograph taken of Hector Pieterson, who was killed during the Soweto uprising in 1976, displayed at the Hector Pieterson museum in Soweto. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    #YouthDay: SA to commemorate pain, sacrifices made to attain freedom

    Zuma’s acknowledged the ‘incredible courage and determination’ of the class of '76 to liberate themselves.

    2167 days ago
  • 12 year-old Hector Pieterson (seen on the picture at L) was shot on 16 June, 1976 during the Soweto uprising that today is a symbol of resistance to the brutality of the apartheid government. Picture: AFP.

    OPINION: Lessons SA students can learn from the leaders of 1976

    University students of 2015-16 have some key things in common with their 1976 predecessors.

    2167 days ago
  • Picture: Reinart Toerien

    EWN Special Report: Authorities ready to assist man thought to be Mbuyisa Makhubu

    It’s been suspected a man named Victor Vinnetou in Canada, is missing June 16 icon Mbuyisa Makhubu.

    2167 days ago
  • FILE: The iconic photograph taken of Hector Pieterson, who was killed during the Soweto uprising in 1976. Picture: Supplied.

    EWN Special Report: Canadian man thought to be Mbuyisa Makhubu spent 12 years in jail

    In 2013, govt announced that Victor Vinnetou may be Mbuyisa Makhubu, but a DNA test was inconclusive.

    2168 days ago
  • A member of Ses'Khona pepper sprays police in Cape Town's CBD near parliament. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    OPINION: Soweto uprising: Four decades on & SA still struggles with violent policing

    Andrew Faull says one cannot reform a police service without reforming the context in which it operates.

    2169 days ago
  • FILE: Reverend Frank Chikane Picture: ‏@RevFChikane.

    Chikane: Churches should speak out more against corruption

    Reverend Frank Chikane was speaking at the commemoration of 40 years since the Soweto uprising.

    2170 days ago
  • Government launches celebrations of Youth Month at Hector Pieterson Memorial.Picture : Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    [WATCH] Govt kicks off #YouthMonth with wreath laying ceremony for class of '76

    The National Youth Development Agency started the #YouthMonth celebration with a wreath laying ceremony at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto where they remembered the class of 1976.

    2181 days ago
  • This cartoon first appeared in the City Press newspaper in 2012

    CARTOON: Youth Day: The state of SA

    CARTOON: Youth Day: The state of SA

    2532 days ago
  • School children marched through the streets of Soweto ahead of Youth Day celebration to underscore the importance of education on 15 June 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    #YouthDay: ‘Emulate the bravery of 1976’

    Today marks 39 years since thousands of Soweto pupils marched against the apartheid language policy.

    2532 days ago
  • School children marched through the streets of Soweto ahead of 16 June Youth Day celebration to highlight the importance of education. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Soweto uprising victim calls on youth to uphold anti-apartheid legacy

    Enos Ngutshane encourages SA’s youth to remember the country's future is dependent on their contributions.

    2533 days ago
  • School children marched through the streets of Soweto ahead of Youth Day celebration to underscore the importance of education on 15 June 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    #YouthDay: History of 16 June explained

    Unisa's history lecturer Steve Lebelo explains the actual events which lead to 16 June, 1976 and how the narrative told today differs.

    2533 days ago
  • Photographer Sam Nzima with an image of the iconic Hector Pieterson picture he took in 1976. Picture: EWN

    1976 Soweto Uprising remembered

    Events will be staged across the country today to commemorate National Youth Day.

    2897 days ago
  • The iconic photograph taken of Hector Pieterson, who was killed during the Soweto uprising in 1976, displayed at the Hector Pieterson museum in Soweto. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    SA commemorates Youth Day

    SA will today commemorate the 38th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising.

    2897 days ago
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