The hour of youth has struck and we are forging forward”.This forecast is designed to be a quick overview of what lies in store.TheSouthAfrican.com is all about South Africa and the stories that affect South Africans, wherever they are in the world.Help support journalists, the guardians of independent journalism, through our,Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 23 September 2020,Your daily Horoscope for 23 September 2020,Food entrepreneurs called to join the Western Cape’s first kitchen incubator. Stemming from Youth Day, Mangaliso Sambo, 24, is leading a march — on foot — all the way from Jozi to Stellenbosch. Badr Eldin was among thousands of Sudanese youth detained simply because they peacefully demonstrated against the government and president El Bashir. info@afrikayouthmovement.org | www.afrikayouthmovement.org AYM Solidarity Statement on South Africa Afrika Youth Movement is a Pan African action-oriented movement led by young Africans on the continent and in the diaspora to accomplish their rights to equality, peace and social justice. Refilwe Ledwaba – South Africa Stemming from Youth Day, Mangaliso Sambo, 24, is leading a march — on foot — all the way from Jozi to Stellenbosch.
Passionate about community and social development, Maruapula is also a United Nations Online volunteer as well as an activist at UNICEF Pacific’s Youth Media. Enter the Jozi to Stellenbosch march.“[We will] take the fight head on to the real engineers of our suffering. For the first time, Youth Day will not be celebrated with the youth gathered in large numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is quite a concern because if the majority of the population is the youth and the policy framework does not actually work to the advantage of the majority of the population, then there is something fundamentally wrong and if you look across different parties you don’t really see the distinct kind of presence of the youth except in political parties such as the EFF where one can see that it is a party dominated by the youth.”.Ntuli believes that the recent ruling by the Constitutional Court declaring parts of the Electoral Act unconstitutional will go a long way in encouraging youth activism.“I think that will raise a certain level of activism as activism has been previously and historically associated with political parties and the activism of the ideologies of those specific political parties, but there’s a huge change in dynamics here and I think young people will certainly find room to navigate around issues of activism, challenging issues of society without belonging to certain political spaces.”,Learners, teachers to return to classes in Northern Cape,FeesMustFall an important march since 1976 Soweto Uprisings,R33, R614 roads in KZN Midlands remain closed following fatal crash,D-day for motorists to renew expired licence disks,Accused number two in Nathaniel Julies’ case claims she is being framed,Commission hears how official who cost Free State millions was not held accountable,Cele outlines policing plans under Alert Level 1 lockdown,WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – At least 12 male minors sexually assaulted near Rustenburg,City of Tshwane suspends senior manager over alleged irregularities,SASSA beneficiaries given six days to change payment method for grants,City of Joburg demolishes extension to Soweto house,Capitec, Nedbank explain ‘technical error’ in debit transactions,‘I saw it in my dream’: Kupelo on post saying East London journalist will die,Nigeria’s main unions to strike over petrol, power price hikes,Argentina economy plunges record 19.1% in second quarter on pandemic impact,As US surpasses 200 000 COVID-19 deaths, Wisconsin sounds alarm over surges in cases,COVID ‘firepower’: Britain imposes six-month curbs against second wave,1 346 new coronavirus cases in SA, 126 more related deaths. Two SA activists win top environmental award. Social activism against the spread of HIV/AIDS and in support of effective treatment has taken place in multiple nations across the world over the past several decades. The body first emerged as the African Student Movement, and was enlarged and renamed, in 1972, as SASM. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, sparked a massive online response when she delivered a scathing speech at the United Nations General Assembly to shame leaders from around the world for their inaction on climate change.. El […]. In the 1950s, two years after apartheid was instituted in South Africa, the system’s increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, resulting in mass action arising from the black population to defend their rights to life and freedom. Sambo said they plan to confront families in Stellenbosch on their arrival.The march is made up of different student organisations and activists, including the Pan African Student Movement of Azania (Pasma), the.According to Sambo, the march was initially developed through an initiative by SADEMF, who were planning to march to Stellenbosch in order to confront some of the individuals who are linked to several mines across the country.“Through generational family ownership and control and who have, for a long time, got away with gross exploitation of our parents, including not paying compensation for mineworkers who won cases that deem them liable for occupational health claims,” said Sambo.The reason for the Jozi to Stellenbosch march later morphed when other young activists decided to join.“These are the same young people who were promised free education, who were promised jobs, who were in [a] limbo of hopelessness and are equipped more than myself to articulate the problems that we have and the solutions going forward,” said Sambo.“It is these young people who said the march to Stellenbosch cannot just be about ex-mine workers but rather must be broadened to address the many issues that the majority of black people face,” added Sambo.Sambo called the Jozi to Stellenbosch march a manifestation of the 1976 movement in a post-democratic South Africa.Although there are currently 15 people partaking in the Jozi to Stellenbosch march, Sambo said more are expected to join as they pass through Bloemfontein.“The door remains open to all young people who are interested in standing up to the real power that runs this country,” said Sambo.“Interrupting Stellenbosch not only show[s] that we have a real youth that is aware of what is happening but it means we have developed to the point where we are brave enough to face the root and to confront the way that our reality has been shaped to think that a few white people must determine the way of life for millions of black South Africans,” added Sambo.Sambo said all industries are, either directly or indirectly, owned and steered by a few individual families who are culturally and financially grounded in Stellenbosch.Out of neglect, lack of quality education, unemployment, job shedding, retrenchments and salary cuts, activists decided to commemorate Youth Day differently this year.
Passionate about community and social development, Maruapula is also a United Nations Online volunteer as well as an activist at UNICEF Pacific’s Youth Media. Enter the Jozi to Stellenbosch march.“[We will] take the fight head on to the real engineers of our suffering. For the first time, Youth Day will not be celebrated with the youth gathered in large numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is quite a concern because if the majority of the population is the youth and the policy framework does not actually work to the advantage of the majority of the population, then there is something fundamentally wrong and if you look across different parties you don’t really see the distinct kind of presence of the youth except in political parties such as the EFF where one can see that it is a party dominated by the youth.”.Ntuli believes that the recent ruling by the Constitutional Court declaring parts of the Electoral Act unconstitutional will go a long way in encouraging youth activism.“I think that will raise a certain level of activism as activism has been previously and historically associated with political parties and the activism of the ideologies of those specific political parties, but there’s a huge change in dynamics here and I think young people will certainly find room to navigate around issues of activism, challenging issues of society without belonging to certain political spaces.”,Learners, teachers to return to classes in Northern Cape,FeesMustFall an important march since 1976 Soweto Uprisings,R33, R614 roads in KZN Midlands remain closed following fatal crash,D-day for motorists to renew expired licence disks,Accused number two in Nathaniel Julies’ case claims she is being framed,Commission hears how official who cost Free State millions was not held accountable,Cele outlines policing plans under Alert Level 1 lockdown,WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – At least 12 male minors sexually assaulted near Rustenburg,City of Tshwane suspends senior manager over alleged irregularities,SASSA beneficiaries given six days to change payment method for grants,City of Joburg demolishes extension to Soweto house,Capitec, Nedbank explain ‘technical error’ in debit transactions,‘I saw it in my dream’: Kupelo on post saying East London journalist will die,Nigeria’s main unions to strike over petrol, power price hikes,Argentina economy plunges record 19.1% in second quarter on pandemic impact,As US surpasses 200 000 COVID-19 deaths, Wisconsin sounds alarm over surges in cases,COVID ‘firepower’: Britain imposes six-month curbs against second wave,1 346 new coronavirus cases in SA, 126 more related deaths. Two SA activists win top environmental award. Social activism against the spread of HIV/AIDS and in support of effective treatment has taken place in multiple nations across the world over the past several decades. The body first emerged as the African Student Movement, and was enlarged and renamed, in 1972, as SASM. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, sparked a massive online response when she delivered a scathing speech at the United Nations General Assembly to shame leaders from around the world for their inaction on climate change.. El […]. In the 1950s, two years after apartheid was instituted in South Africa, the system’s increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, resulting in mass action arising from the black population to defend their rights to life and freedom. Sambo said they plan to confront families in Stellenbosch on their arrival.The march is made up of different student organisations and activists, including the Pan African Student Movement of Azania (Pasma), the.According to Sambo, the march was initially developed through an initiative by SADEMF, who were planning to march to Stellenbosch in order to confront some of the individuals who are linked to several mines across the country.“Through generational family ownership and control and who have, for a long time, got away with gross exploitation of our parents, including not paying compensation for mineworkers who won cases that deem them liable for occupational health claims,” said Sambo.The reason for the Jozi to Stellenbosch march later morphed when other young activists decided to join.“These are the same young people who were promised free education, who were promised jobs, who were in [a] limbo of hopelessness and are equipped more than myself to articulate the problems that we have and the solutions going forward,” said Sambo.“It is these young people who said the march to Stellenbosch cannot just be about ex-mine workers but rather must be broadened to address the many issues that the majority of black people face,” added Sambo.Sambo called the Jozi to Stellenbosch march a manifestation of the 1976 movement in a post-democratic South Africa.Although there are currently 15 people partaking in the Jozi to Stellenbosch march, Sambo said more are expected to join as they pass through Bloemfontein.“The door remains open to all young people who are interested in standing up to the real power that runs this country,” said Sambo.“Interrupting Stellenbosch not only show[s] that we have a real youth that is aware of what is happening but it means we have developed to the point where we are brave enough to face the root and to confront the way that our reality has been shaped to think that a few white people must determine the way of life for millions of black South Africans,” added Sambo.Sambo said all industries are, either directly or indirectly, owned and steered by a few individual families who are culturally and financially grounded in Stellenbosch.Out of neglect, lack of quality education, unemployment, job shedding, retrenchments and salary cuts, activists decided to commemorate Youth Day differently this year.