South Africa will commemorate the 16 June 1976 Soweto youth uprising today. It has been 47 years since hundreds of young people were killed by the apartheid government police for protesting against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in secondary schools. This year the day is celebrated under[…]
Creative Youth from underprivileged townships in Cape Town are determined to use their talents to rise beyond their circumstances. The young people believe creative arts need to be encouraged and used as an instrument to curb socio-economic challenges such as high unemployment, poverty, inequality, high levels of crime, substance abuse[…]
Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant, Netflix, remove content deemed offensive to “Islamic and societal values” in the region, Saudi Arabia’s media regulator said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a[…]
As the country continues to face economic challenges and a high unemployment rate, young people are encouraged to contemplate becoming artisans. This follows a heritage career expo held at the University of Mpumalanga which was organised by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation together with SETAs such as[…]
INTERNATIONAL The head of the Hamas office in the diaspora, Khaled Meshaal, said on Wednesday that Palestine is the central issue of the Muslim Ummah, and normalisation of ties with Israeli occupation is “absolute evil,” Safa news agency has reported. He made his comment at the first forum of the Young Pioneers[…]
LOCAL Congress of the People (COPE)’s Youth Movement has given President Cyril Ramaphosa seven working days to come up with tangible solutions to the economic challenges in the country. The Youth Movement marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria earlier on Monday to submit a memorandum of demands, highlighting high[…]
Buffalo City Executive Mayor, Xola Pakati, says the City is grieving after the deaths of 21 young people at the Enyobeni tavern. There’s widespread speculation around the cause of the deaths – but police have not yet confirmed the cause of death. Seventeen bodies have been identified by the respective families, while[…]
LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has deployed a team of experts to investigate the circumstances behind the deaths of the 21 young people who died at a tavern in Scenery Park in East London. Cele could not hold back his tears after seeing the bodies of the deceased. He says he has[…]
Against the backdrop of Human Rights Day, irate residents in Bo-Kaap took to the streets today in protest of drugs and criminality hounding the community. Chairperson of the Bo-Kaap Neighborhood Watch, Ebrahim Christians says residents have a right to safety and security, but it is being stripped from them by[…]
Police divers have resumed their search for the bodies of four youths who were allegedly victims of mob justice and thrown into a river stream in Driftsands in Delft on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa says they recovered two bodies from the river stream on Sunday. One of[…]
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