IN PHOTOS: Celebrating 50 years since the 1976 Youth Uprising

Words by Lebone Rodah Mosima, photos by Eddie Mtsweni

South Africans gathered at the FNB Premium Parking precinct adjacent to FNB Stadium in Nasrec, Johannesburg, on Tuesday as the country marked 50 years since the 1976 Youth Uprising.

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the National Youth Day commemoration, held under the theme “RESET @50 – Our National Commitment to the Future for Freedom Lives in Every Generation”.

The event honoured the courage and sacrifice of the youth of 1976, while reflecting on the challenges still facing young people today, including unemployment, poverty, inequality, access to education, gender-based violence and social exclusion.

The commemoration was attended by hundreds of young people, who acknowledged the paths the 1976 uprising had cut for them.

“Our progress as a nation must be measured by whether young people are moving from school to skills, from skills to work, and from enterprise support to markets, scale and ownership.
This is how we honour the youth of 1976: by building a South Africa in which every young person has a fair chance to learn, work, serve, build, create, own and live with dignity,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said during his keynote address.

President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANCYL president *Collen Malatji* light the torch of remembrance.

Those at the event were treated to live performances from youth groups.

Dignitaries at the event included mayors and ministers.

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