YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS THE WAY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE
One of the topics remarkably close to my heart is the development of youth. Old wisdom and one of the popular clichés I like to refer to is the youth as the future. Right there, is the debate that young people must be recognised now as opposed to the future. This perspective emphasizes that young […]
CMG HOSTS ‘GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, YOUTH ACTION’ MEDIA FORUM IN JOHANNESBURG
A media forum focused on the role of youth in global governance was held on Tuesday 11th November in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hosted by China Media Group (CMG), the event brought together participants from China and Africa to discuss how young people can play an active role in shaping the evolving global agenda, and how […]
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 […]
REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH DAY 2025 – THE POWER OF OUR HISTORY AND IDENTITY
This year’s Youth Day commemorates 49 years since the June 16 Student Uprisings (also known as the Soweto Massacres), a crucial turning point in the liberation struggle of South Africa. In 1976, Soweto, the unbridled bravery of tens-of-thousands of schoolchildren ignited a countrywide rebellion, setting in motion a transformation that would define the future. The merciless killing of […]
KMF IS A PLACE WHERE EMPOWERMENT AND HOPE ARE OFFERED TO THE NEEDY IN ABUNDANCE
Executive Trustee of the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation (KMF), Ms Gugu Motlanthe, is a community-builder on a mission. The plight of learners from previously disadvantaged backgrounds is her top priority as she steers the KMF towards alleviating hardships and modern-day challenges. The truth about democratic South Africa is that virtually everybody with a semblance of honesty […]
TURNING CONCRETE INTO COURAGE: CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILBLAZERS “GAUTA BMX”
Three determined cyclists from the Gauta BMX club have embarked on a monumental journey that has captured the hearts of millions of South Africans, and beyond. “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about”. What was so momentously said by author Margaret J Wheatley was profoundly echoed closer […]