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Spirit of June 16,1976 lives

The cast of Sarafina! - Where are they now?

“Freedom is coming tomorrow,” sang unflinching Leleti Khumalo with her clenched fist in the air in Sarafina – defining ...

By Emmanuel Tjiya, Patience Bambalele and Karabo Ledwaba

The fight for liberation through music

The apartheid struggle was not fought with guns only but it was also tackled through music, poetry and theatre.

By Patience Bambalele, Emmanuel Tjiya and Linda Moreotsene

Mzansi's young celebs share what Youth Day means ...

Some of our fave young celebs tell us about their experiences of living as a young person in a democratic South Africa, ...

By NOMVELO MASANGO

'Education must be accessible to all'

Sharon Letlape from the Vaal University of Technology, a member of the Central Command Team, believes that the ...

By Yoliswa Sobuwa

Youth aggrieved by a lack of teaching jobs

It has been a tough few years for Simphiwe Xaba as the Soweto youth battles to fulfil her childhood dream of becoming a ...

By Penwell Dlamini

Equality drives Karabo Khakhau

Karabo Khakhau decided to join politics when she was in grade 11. She had grown tired of seeing the number of poor ...

By Kgothatso Madisa

Lack of jobs leads graduate to chicken farming

A young woman has not allowed her lack of access to land to stop her from pursuing her dream of being a poultry farmer.

By Peter Ramothwala

Nonceba Mhlauli gets message out from government

It's just after 6pm when Nonceba Mhlauli joins me on meetings platform, Zoom.

By Kgothatso Madisa

Thinking outside box about public speaking

Mnguni finished her matric in 2018 at Queens High School in Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg.

By Penwell Dlamini

Pocket hit hard as work dries up

He was just nine months into a job and things had already started looking gloomy.

By Penwell Dlamini

Thuli Zikalala trailblazing in interpreting profession

Thuli Zikalala is a young trailblazer who is planning to transform the interpreting profession.

By Karabo Ledwaba

Ama-2000 are making waves in PSL

The era of ama-2000 is truly upon us.

By Gomolemo Motshwane

SOWETAN | Listen to the voice of the youth

Forty four years ago, hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly school children, took to the streets of Soweto ...

By Sowetan

'76 student leader keeps faith in belief of a ...

Former June 16 student leader Seth Mazibuko wakes up every morning in the same house that he grew up and lived in at ...

By Sandile Memela