Simone Haysom
Simone Haysom is an independent researcher and writer.
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/ 8 April 2004

Democracy’s children

The youth at Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto are still talking about politics, more than a quarter of a century after the march that began the June 16 1976 uprising was led from its gates. One might expect learners at a school with a proud tradition of political activism to be interested in next week’s election. But they are not alone; from Eldorado Park to Houghton and on to Tembisa, students are talking about politics even though they can’t vote next week.