SA Celebs Share Profound Messages To Honor Youth Day #June16
SA Celebs Share Profound Messages To Honor Youth Day #June16. Every year on this day, South Africans look back to how far they have come since the Soweto uprising. This was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students began to protest in the streets of Soweto in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the protests. They were met with fierce police brutality and many were shot and killed
The nation at large always remembers the likes of Hector Pieterson, Tsietsi Mashinini, Mbuyisa Makhubo, Sibongile Mthembu-Mkhabela, Murphy Morobe, Zweli Sizane, Seth Mazibuko and the many other heroes of the 1976 uprising. Many have taken to social media to share profound messages as they celebrate Youth Day. Celebrities and public figures like Terry Pheto, Fikile Mbalula, Thuli Madonsela and so many others are among those who shared messages.
