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Are we free? SA youth question Freedom Day celebration
As South Africa commemorates 28 years since the country's first democratic elections, many citizens question whether it is a day to celebrate as many do not...
On Friday they staged a silent march to the Union Buildings and handed over a memorandum of demands to officials from the office of the Presidency.
President Cyril Ramaphosa focused much of his State of the Nation Address on youth unemployment, saying it was the biggest problem the country faced.
Tourist safety has been in the spotlight following the murder of a Ukrainian man in Hout Bay several weeks ago.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has highlighted police understaffing and has pointed the finger at national government in his State of the Province Address.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said there was no doubt that democracy was alive in South Africa but the economy must still ensure that no one went to bed hungry.
Gordhan said government and the private sector must be leveraged to create jobs for young people.
The Expanded Public Works Programme, the Youth Employment Service, and the National Youth Service are all set to continue.
President Cyril Ramaphosa came face-to-face with scores of young people in Parliament where they raised a number of issues affecting the youth like unemployment and education.
Busani Ngcaweni writes passionately about the challenges faced by young black South Africans, 25 years after the demise of Apartheid.
The president says the nation has a responsibility to ensure the flame keeps burning through the youth.
Makhura was speaking in Orlando at the Hector Pieterson during the commemorations of the 1976 youth uprising in Soweto.
The South African Communist Party said on Wednesday that the mandate of the central bank should be expanded to explicitly include job creation.
ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule says its deployees in government will now be closely monitored.
The ANC leader reminded voters about his pledge to do away with work experience for graduates.
It is a constant and gnawing reminder of potential that has gone unrealised for 10 years.
The president engaged the group in Durban on Wednesday night where they told him what their problems are.
In his official new year message, Ramaphosa says we must raise our hands and participate actively in the country's transformation.