Youth Day
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The youth of 1976 fought apartheid. Today's youth are fighting something harder to name
A child of Tembisa reflects on Youth Day, contrasting the 1976 fight against apartheid with the contemporary struggles of young people for economic and social freedom amidst…
Fifty years on, ‘Rise '76’ asks what we still owe the generation of June 16th
Running at the Market Theatre, 'Rise '76: The Story of June 16th' explores the profound impact of the Soweto Uprising through the lens of playwright Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni.…
Hector Pieterson dies every day
Sello Hatang, born just before the 1976 Soweto Uprising, reflects on the profound personal and national significance of June 16. He argues that Hector Pieterson's death is not…
Youth Day deadline set for Nando’s Hot Young Designer 2026 competition
Young South African designers are invited to create a signature lighting piece for Nando’s restaurants worldwide and accelerate their careers
From struggle to superpower: A letter to SA’s youth to rise through STEMI
We need thinkers who can connect the dots between science and society, code and compassion, data and dignity
Diary: Big Day Out with Oskido, RedFest2025 returns, UKZN’s tribute to Demi Fernandez
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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
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
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
‘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
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
African youth: Empowering the continent’s greatest asset
Education is the best way to turn young people’s potential into realised achievements
(Un)remembering intergenerational youth struggles at Stellenbosch University
The institution cannot progress if it chooses to un-remember its culture of racism
Khaya Sithole: ‘Sarafina’ doesn’t have ‘Friends’
Unlike in the United States, the way actors in South Africa are treated borders on exploitation
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