Youth Day

African Dialogue

On Wednesday 16 June 2021, South Africa and the world will commemorate the 45 anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising, the day now known as Youth Day in South Africa.
On June 16 1976 between 3000 and 10 000 students marched peacefully to demonstrate and protest against the government’s directive to have Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction.
Meanwhile the greatest struggle faced by young people today us unemployment which is sitting at 45%.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the government’s commitment to creating jobs.
To assist us on this we are joined by:
• Dr Pali Lehohla is the former statistician general
• Soroya Jones is the Inyathelo Finance Director