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Youth Day

Diary: Big Day Out with Oskido, RedFest2025 returns, UKZN’s tribute to Demi Fernandez
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Diary: Big Day Out with Oskido, RedFest2025 returns, UKZN’s tribute to Demi Fernandez

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Selective activism: A problem for South Africa’s youth
Thought Leader
/ 8 May 2025

Selective activism: A problem for South Africa’s youth

To make their voices heard, young people must be more selective in the issues they support and need to put in the hard work

By Enzokuhle Sabela
Embrace the creativity of a child on Youth Day
Article
/ 16 June 2024

Embrace the creativity of a child on Youth Day

Focus on not only young people but also children this Youth Day and use this creativity to build success

By Michael Brian Lee
Youth coalition calls on government to address problems facing young people
Politics
/ 12 June 2024

Youth coalition calls on government to address problems facing young people

The National Youth Coalition says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration has ignored its pleas over the last two years

By Umamah Bakharia
‘Only entrepreneurship can save the youth of South Africa’ from rising unemployment
National
/ 12 June 2023

‘Only entrepreneurship can save the youth of South Africa’ from rising unemployment

The latest official data shows that youth unemployment rose by 1.1% and almost a quarter of a million young people lost their jobs in the first three months of 2023

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Sarafina! is still with us as youth struggles continue
Friday
/ 1 August 2022

Sarafina! is still with us as youth struggles continue

Decades later, Mbongeni Ngema’s work still has life lessons for South Africans in these dark days for our democracy

By Lumumba Mthembu
African youth: Empowering the continent’s greatest asset
Africa
/ 23 June 2022

African youth: Empowering the continent’s greatest asset

Education is the best way to turn young people’s potential into realised achievements

By Christine Dube
(Un)remembering intergenerational youth struggles at Stellenbosch University
Education
/ 15 June 2022

(Un)remembering intergenerational youth struggles at Stellenbosch University

The institution cannot progress if it chooses to un-remember its culture of racism

By Rabia Abba Omar and Gideon Basson
Khaya Sithole: ‘Sarafina’ doesn’t have ‘Friends’
Opinion
/ 24 June 2021

Khaya Sithole: ‘Sarafina’ doesn’t have ‘Friends’

Unlike in the United States, the way actors in South Africa are treated borders on exploitation

By Khaya Sithole
Will the EFF capitalise on the ANC’s governance failures?
Opinion
/ 17 June 2021

Will the EFF capitalise on the ANC’s governance failures?

Good election outcomes for the party will mean Julius Malema’s dangerous racism will again receive airtime

By Ebrahim Harvey
A portal to empathy: Photographs that change the world
Opinion
/ 17 June 2021

A portal to empathy: Photographs that change the world

It is important not to look away from visceral pictorial evidence of the suffering of disempowered people

By Sazi Bongwe
Editorial: We owe it to our youth to listen
Editorial
/ 17 June 2021

Editorial: We owe it to our youth to listen

The Mail & Guardian launched ‘Ask Yourself’, a podcast by M&G Listen on Youth Day.

By Editorial
Ukuzibuza and M&G platform diverse young voices in honour of Youth Day
Opinion
/ 16 June 2021

Ukuzibuza and M&G platform diverse young voices in honour of Youth Day

Let the youth speak

By Ukuzibuza Collective
Tambo, Mandela, Biko and Maxeke all left legacies
Opinion
/ 15 June 2021

Tambo, Mandela, Biko and Maxeke all left legacies

The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them

By Monde Ndlovu
Black youth can’t wait until tomorrow
Coronavirus
/ 18 June 2020

Black youth can’t wait until tomorrow

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the raw realities of South Africa’s under-resourced public schools

By Ashley Visagie
Youth Day is just as much for the present as it is for the past
Opinion
/ 17 June 2020

Youth Day is just as much for the present as it is for the past

The spirit of defiance against injustice that was captured by the Soweto Uprisings in 1976 can still be felt among young people in post-apartheid South Africa

By Connor Bam
ANC needs young leaders and uDuduzane could be one
Opinion
/ 14 June 2020

ANC needs young leaders and uDuduzane could be one

Youth Day, June 16, reminds us of the role of youth in the struggle against oppression throughout the history of the ANC

By Sello Ivan Phahle
Young people want Youth Day to focus on today’s issues
Article
/ 14 June 2019

Young people want Youth Day to focus on today’s issues

It’s important to honour past heroes, but today’s youth activists also want their own struggles, and contemporary heroes, to be recognised

By Activate Change Drivers
Companies need to give youth jobs so that SA derives dividends from its young people
Article
/ 1 August 2018

Companies need to give youth jobs so that SA derives dividends from its young people

Young people with qualifications and in search of employment leave the country because they don’t have the requisite work experience

By Staff Reporter
Young people must take the baton from the heroes of 1976
Article
/ 28 June 2018

Young people must take the baton from the heroes of 1976

In the hope of creating a better South African future, the youth of today should look to the past

By Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa: Work experience is a barrier to employment
Article
/ 16 June 2018

Ramaphosa: Work experience is a barrier to employment

The president has urged youth to become agents of their own liberation, saying that their challenges can be overcome

By Alex Mitchley
Class of ’76 weeps for the past – and the present
Article
/ 14 June 2018

Class of ’76 weeps for the past – and the present

When we recall those who paid the ultimate price for quality education, don’t forget current learners who are still struggling for decent schooling.

By Staff Reporter
Youth have to make hard choices
Analysis
/ 30 June 2017

Youth have to make hard choices

In their pursuit of success, today’s young people face different challenges to those of 1976

By Rudi Kimmie
Julius Malema and the art of electioneering
Article
/ 25 June 2017

Julius Malema and the art of electioneering

In the last four years, the Economic Freedom Fighters have shown exceptional political acumen in capitalising on civil unrest.

By Peter Rothpletz
Malema targets ANC, Zuma and white capital in Youth Day speech
Article
/ 16 June 2017

Malema targets ANC, Zuma and white capital in Youth Day speech

As Malema spoke, a pair of makeshift coffins were passed through the Boipatong crowd. One read "Rest in Pain Zuma"

By Peter Rothpletz
Zuma vows to shield youth from effects of sluggish economy
Article
/ 16 June 2017

Zuma vows to shield youth from effects of sluggish economy

Education, entrepreneurship and economic emancipation dominated President Jacob Zuma’s Youth Day speech.

By Dineo Bendile
South Africa has failed its young people. What can be done about it
Article
/ 16 June 2017

South Africa has failed its young people. What can be done about it

The end of apartheid should have heralded a new South Africa for the generation born at its demise. But that hasn’t happened.

By Staff Reporter
Democracy gives memory a new spin
Analysis
/ 15 June 2017

Democracy gives memory a new spin

Youth Day reminds us not to accept a single history blindly but also to question and listen

By Staff Reporter
Powerfully unpacking of conditions that led to June 16
Article
/ 9 June 2017

Powerfully unpacking of conditions that led to June 16

‘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.’

By Milisuthando Bongela
Educate for real change
Article
/ 9 June 2017

Educate for real change

Universities need to produce graduates who act and think independently and research must be pertinent and humane

By Staff Reporter
Youth unity lost when students bicker and sober-minded leadership is needed to push our struggles forward
Analysis
/ 17 June 2016

Youth unity lost when students bicker and sober-minded leadership is needed to push our struggles forward

‘Where are we, in 2016, as the youth of South Africa? What direction are we taking?’

By Rebone Tau
‘We didn’t burn schools,’ Zuma and 1976 activist tell Youth Day crowd
Article
/ 16 June 2016

‘We didn’t burn schools,’ Zuma and 1976 activist tell Youth Day crowd

"Each and every student was hell bent on defending their classrooms. Classrooms were never ever torched," 1976 student leader Dan Montsitsi said.

By Staff Reporter
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