Youth month
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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.
Ramaphosa says because this year's commemoration coincides with 25 years of freedom it takes place under the theme “25 years of democracy: a celebration of youth activism”.
The comments come as South African marks 43 years since young people protested in Soweto against Afrikaans being used as a primary medium of instruction in schools.
As youth month winds to an end, South Africans have been reminded of the role of young people in galvanising change in the play showing now at the State Theatre.
The event will be held under the theme Live The Legacy Towards a Socio-economically Empowered Youth.
More than 20 minors have been murdered in communities including Khayelitsha, Atlantis, Strand and Mitchells Plain since January.
Bafana Nhlapo says the youth must actively decide the role they will play in bring about social change.
The president says drug use among SA's youth has left many parents living in fear of their own children.
Chairperson Paul Mashatile said the youth will be prioritised and admitted there are some challenges.
The annual Basha Uhuru Youth Festival kicked off with a launch of an art exhibition last night.
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.
To commemorate the beginning of Youth Month, ANC Youth League President Collen Maine visited Orlando West High School in Soweto to give pupils encouragement ahead of their exams and to remind them of struggle previous generations endured.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi led a march of over 3,000 learners through the streets of Soweto on Monday in commemoration of Youth Day.
They have become a constant, if not irritating, presence on our roads. But many of those who push their trolleys perform an important recycling function. Entrepreneur Sifiso Ngobese has come up with a plan to make them safer.
This year marks the 39th anniversary of the Soweto uprisings, and in honour of this, the National Youth Development Agency has developed a national programme under the theme of 'Youth Action for Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime'.