Youth Day 2022

With elections just two years away, political parties are seeking to win support, with opposition parties focusing on the flaws of the governing party which ...

With elections just two years away, political parties are seeking to win support, with opposition parties focusing on the flaws of the governing party which has been hit by corruption and division. With elections just two years away, political parties are seeking to win support, with opposition parties focusing on the flaws of the governing party which has been hit by corruption and division. DURBAN - With the country on 16 June marking 46 years since the 1976 Soweto uprising, South Africans are assessing the state of the country and whether young people are truly free.

In helping to draw more young people into the economy, the government has under the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention initiated various youth ...

The Youth Employment stimulus ranges from formal education and training, learnerships and internships as well as support for youth entrepreneurship. This year, Youth Day will be commemorated under the theme ,“ Promoting sustainable livelihood and resilience of young people for a better tomorrow”. Youth Day is celebrated annually as a reminder of the importance of youth and their voices.

Take a look at a few Youth Day events in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban to keep you busy on 16 June.

A few of Mzansi’s most talented DJs will be gathering at the Youth Day fest in Pretoria for a celebration filled with hot tuned. These issues include youth unemployment, racism and corruption. View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram The tour is free for matric learners. Here are a few Youth Day events in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, and Durban to check out.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his Youth Day address on Thursday 16 June in Mthatha, however, many young people believe there is nothing to ...

“To the current youth, we are still at war. A war against 65% of the youth unemployment rate. SABC News reported the main event will be hosted in accordance with Covid-19 regulations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the Youth Day commemoration in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. This year's theme is "Promoting sustainable ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the Youth Day commemoration in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Thursday. This against the backdrop of a high unemployment rate and the high cost of living. Cyril Ramaphosa leads Youth Day commemoration

The Khayelitsha Development Forum is hosting the minister to respond to high incidents of contact crimes that have been reported in the township.

The Khayelitsha Development Forum is hosting the minister to respond to high incidents of contact crimes that have been reported in the township. The Khayelitsha Development Forum is hosting the minister to respond to high incidents of contact crimes that have been reported in the township. Cele will deliver an address to the youth of Khayelitsha who have cited unemployment as one of the reasons behind organised gangs of criminals in the area, many of whom are young people.

EFF leader Julius Malema is addressing a Youth Day commemoration rally on Thursday.

The EFF is hosting a Youth Day event at the Makwarela Stadium in Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Party leader Julius Malema is also set to address the gathering.

On the morning of 16 June 1976, thousands of black students from Soweto in the then Transvaal, now Gauteng, went on a protest rally from their schools to ...

The horrific events of 16 June resulted in Mashinini becoming the most wanted man in the country. Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini became a historic icon for his contribution to student politics that led to the protests of 16 June 1976. The Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum was later opened in Soweto near the place where he was shot in Orlando West, on 16 June 2002. Hector was one of the first casualties of the 1976 uprising. Among the first children killed was 15-year-old Hastings Ndlovu, and 12-year-old Hector Pieterson. We also remember Tsietsi Mashinini, who lead the students in protest. While black students were already getting conscientised by student organisations and the Black Consciousness Movement when the Bantu Education Act (1953) was instituted, they mobilised for a protest against an official order that made Afrikaans - along side English only - as the medium of instruction compulsory in black township schools throughout the country.

Young activists, meanwhile, are demanding that government prioritise the creation of green and sustainable jobs in a memorandum that is being handed over as ...

Additionally, we need the government to go beyond the urgent task of job creation in solving youth unemployment. This should involve the development and implementation of policies to create “green and sustainable jobs”, according to the memorandum. So they can’t just be once-off or short-term forms of employment that do very little to change the lived circumstances of young people,” said Mamdoo. Not only are there simply not enough jobs available for our youth to access, but unemployment also works alongside many other social issues.” At least 170,000 unemployed youth were placed in Phase 1 of the employment stimulus in 2021. The South African government has promised millions of jobs in the past and has failed to achieve the targets set for itself over the last two decades. This event seeks to embrace and showcase innovative and creative forms of activism. “As it is, there are insufficient policies that are prioritising the future state of youth. This is precisely so because the current model of higher education is focused more on theoretical teaching and simple community service that does not speak to the needs of the youth. Philah Ngidi, 21, a diploma graduate in translation and interpretation from the Durban University of Technology, is unemployed. In his Sona address for 2022, the president said the stimulus programme is targeted to reach over a million South African direct beneficiaries and over half a million youth. This is problematic because it puts South Africa at risk of a lost generation.

To remember those young people who fought against apartheid and for the peace we live in today, Caxton Local Media journalists interviewed members of the ...

A national task team has been established to assist in bringing you credible news reports on Covid-19. Readers with any comments or queries may contact National Group Editor Irma Green ( [email protected]) or Legal Adviser Helene Eloff ( [email protected]). At the time of going to press, the contents of this feature mirrored South Africa’s lockdown regulations. The police responded to the protest by firing tear gas and live ammunition at demonstrating students. Caxton Local Media is determined to filter through the masses of information doing the rounds and to separate truth from untruth in order to keep you adequately informed. The now-iconic picture, depicting Pieterson’s lifeless body being carried through the Soweto streets, shot by photojournalist Sam Nzima, was published and received international attention. As you may have noticed, mis- and disinformation (also known as “fake news”) is circulating online. The Bantu Education system was not an improvement.

It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was ...

For those who managed to graduate from that class and to the many that didn’t, it’s fast evaporating — or has already evaporated. That push for them to want “impilo ntofontofo” or the soft life has eroded any patience that they may have otherwise had. It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was facing a criminal and brutal apartheid regime.

The ladies will participate in an art class with children from the Malapa Motsetse Foundation Primary School NGO, Dowling Primary in Westbury, Johannesburg.

The Soweto Uprising for me, as part of the youth in 2022, marks the day in which education was afforded to me and afforded to me in my preferred language. Growing up with both my parents being teachers, I have seen how important education is to empower our youth for a better future. I am also reminded of the youth who I've been privileged to grow up with, including those who took a stand during the fees must fall protests and brave young people like Zuleika Patel, who stood up as a Grade 8 student and took a stand for schooling policies that were not inclusive. For me, Youth Day means a day where thousands of South Africans took to the streets of Soweto to protest their pain and unfair treatment. Youth Day is important to me because I am reminded and grateful to the youth who, in 1976, sacrificed their lives for us to have a better education. Which is why I always say that for me, Youth Day is a day to celebrate progress – essentially how far we have come along as a people: Our understanding of discrimination, consequences put into place in an attempt to lessen discriminatory acts, and fully embracing our rainbow nation.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa marked Youth Day by addressing students at a 4IR Expo in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

The narrative surrounding the robbery has not probed critical questions that need to be answered by Fraser and the president himself. All they have successfully done is deepen the country’s external debt. Under Ramaphosa, unemployment and cost of living have skyrocketed,” tweeted Makwakwa.

Youth Day is celebrated annually on 16 June to commemorate those young people who lost their lives in the struggle against apartheid and the Bantu education ...

Youth Day is celebrated annually on 16 June to commemorate those young people who lost their lives in the struggle against apartheid and the Bantu education system. Youth Day is celebrated annually on 16 June to commemorate those young people who lost their lives in the struggle against apartheid and the Bantu education system. On this day 46 years ago, Soweto high school students took to the streets to protest against the education system.

In helping to draw more young people into the economy, the government has under the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention initiated various youth ...

The Youth Employment stimulus ranges from formal education and training, learnerships and internships as well as support for youth entrepreneurship. This year, Youth Day will be commemorated under the theme ,“ Promoting sustainable livelihood and resilience of young people for a better tomorrow”. Youth Day is celebrated annually as a reminder of the importance of youth and their voices.

Several Youth Day events in Cape Town are expected to bring to the fore the spirited activism and solidarity that marked June 16, 1976.

Meanwhile, Al Jama-ah will host a number of nationwide commemorative events, with the Cape Town leg to take place in Bokmakierie/Hazendal, and for the Pelican Park/New Horizons and Eagle Park community. “The festival will bring together young people from the Western Cape to commemorate, celebrate and raise awareness of the effects of gender-based violence, femicide, and gangsterism on youth and the need for peace and security,” Magombo said. “The stalls, in addition to fun and games, will showcase educational material pertaining to the contributions of youth in their efforts towards peace and security in South Africa and the world.”

It's more than seven years since the #FeesMustFall protests. Then as now, we have to ask, have their prospects improved?

For those who managed to graduate from that class and to the many that didn’t, it’s fast evaporating — or has already evaporated. That push for them to want “impilo ntofontofo” or the soft life has eroded any patience that they may have otherwise had. It was a good fight, similar to an extent to the one staged by high school students in Soweto some 46 years ago, except that the class of Teboho Mashinini was facing a criminal and brutal apartheid regime.