Three interns at the Mail & Guardian write about being young in South Africa today
She has the political experience and spirit to lead the Democratic Alliance along a new path
Journalist and Tiro’s nephew Gaongalelwe gives us a glimpse into the young firebrand’s life.
The tragic events that took place on June 16 1976 have been appropriated
As much as we celebrate the youth of 1976, we also need to celebrate the #FeesMustFall generation
When we recall those who paid the ultimate price for quality education, don’t forget current learners who are still struggling for decent schooling.
Veteran photographer Sam Nzima has died in a Nelspruit hospital.
Youth Day reminds us not to accept a single history blindly but also to question and listen
‘The story is narrated by people who were there and who relay the climate that led to the day we now know as June 16.’
Despite being kept in solitary for 20 months in total, a defiant Peter Magubane made it his mission to document South Africa’s turbulent history.
Readers write in about 1976, criminal politicians, and the SABC.
Fourty years on, what can the youth of today learn from the past? That education is a right never to be taken for granted, writes Angie Motshekga.
"Each and every student was hell bent on defending their classrooms. Classrooms were never ever torched," 1976 student leader Dan Montsitsi said.
Readers write in about June 1976, vandalism, and job creation.
As the architects of apartheid, it’s time for black people to collectively say sorry for the system Mandela designed to exploit white people.
A statue of Hector Pieterson was removed earlier this month from Soweto’s Maponya Mall "in response to the demands of Mbuyisa Makhubu’s family".
The family of Mbuyisa Makhubu, photographed in 1976 carrying a dying Hector Pieterson, wants to stop the "unlawful" use of his name for profits.
As the country marks Youth Day, concerns are being raised that young South Africans are no longer as involved in politics as their 1976 counterparts.
The day on which black South African school pupils rose up against "Bantu education" is now celebrated as Youth Day.
Had the blind, evil apartheid regime acted responsibly on June 16 1976, many a life would have been saved.
Unless drastic action is taken to reduce unemployment, South Africa risks facing another 1976 uprising, says Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi.
On the day when we mark an event that ultimately contributed to us hosting the World Cup, we were too busy worrying about Bafana Bafana.
The youth of 1976 were throwing stones — now the youth must gather the stones for the reconstruction of South Africa.
There were five different ways I could walk — five different ways to repeat the routes that the students who marched on June 16 1976 had taken.
Low turnouts in most areas as thousands stay home.