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Khanya Cekeshe’s bail hearing is a reminder of the attitude the state has employed towards the youth of South Africa.
BONGINKOSI KHANYILE 1

#FeesMustFall charges were politically motivated and concocted

Some activists in the movement are rewarded for their role in the struggle for free, decolonised education; others are imprisoned.

  • Bonginkosi Khanyile
5 min read
As we have become accustomed, this year’s narrative will not be different. Broadcast around the country will be the numbing message of how ‘courageous young people turned the course of history’.
JUNE 16

​June 16: Don’t let commemorations mangle history

The tragic events that took place on June 16 1976 have been appropriated

  • Dinga Sikwebu
7 min read
Students at the Fees Must Fall protests.
BANTU EDUCATION

Young people must take the baton from the heroes of 1976

In the hope of creating a better South African future, the youth of today should look to the past

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
The Soweto riots of 1976 were part of a well-orchestrated reaction to apartheid.
APARTHEID STRUGGLE

African youth are bystanders in their own economies

The post-1994 dispensation has failed to give young Africans a sense of passion and hope for the future.

  • Liepollo Lebohang Pheko
5 min read
LEFIFI TLADI

State of the art

The thirst of today’s artists comes from another place. They are not social rebels but, instead, are middle-class arts professionals.

  • Percy Mabandu
3 min read