POETIC APPEAL TO REFRAIN FROM REDUCING JUNE 16, 1976 TO A CURTAIN RAISER FOR THE ACTS OF UNTHINKING AND UNCARING HEARTS
If this day holds no meaning to you,Go on and celebrate and still be free. Pardon my absence in your celebrations.The victories you are celebratingHave proved to be my defeats.Ask not thenThe honour of my presence,It will be unforgivable vanity to do so. This is no negotiationFor June 16, 1976 to be respected.The appeals are […]
FREEDOM PARK TO HOLD A SYMPOSIUM ON YOUTH ACTIVISM TO COMPARE AND REFLECT ON DIFFERENT EPOCHS
Freedom Park, in collaboration with Keeloz Global Entertainment, will on Saturday June 21 hold a symposium to focus on the role of youth activism through different political eras, before and after the advent of democracy in 1994. The main theme of the day for the engaging intergenerational dialogue will be titled: Youth Activism: Then and […]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE’S YOUTH DAY SPEECH
“Today we honour and pay tribute to the valiant and fearless young people who stood at the forefront of the liberation struggle on June 16, 1976. Regardless of their youthful stature, the youth of 1976 stood strong in the face of the oppressive system of the apartheid regime. They faced death with unwavering determination, fuelled […]
JUNE 16, 1976: THE DAY THE CHILDREN ROARED
“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” Each year, as June 16 approaches, our nation stirs with memory, pain, and a yearning to understand. The date, etched in blood and fire, is more than a memorial. It is a mirror—of what was, what is, and what still must […]