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Catering for the youth

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Children, by their nature are active souls. They cannot afford the luxury of becoming bystanders. If not offered a platform to channel their aspirations and dreams, they are capable of creating one for themselves.

The children of Soweto in 1976 did it and invaluable lessons have been learnt. The young generation belongs to a very important constituency, worthy of some modicum of respect.

The one thing which young people have made unequivocally and emphatically clear, right from the June 16, 1976 mass massacre of innocent black children in then apartheid South Africa, is the right to quality and relevant education.

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Catering for the youth

Children, by their nature are active souls. They cannot afford the luxury of becoming bystanders. If not offered a platform to channel their aspirations and dreams, they are capable of creating one for themselves.