Typical routine on the said day involve wearing school uniform and making way to a drinking den (sic), what are we saying, that the youth of 1976 were drunkards?
Asking the youth what happened 35 years ago symbolizes you are bound to get response like ''celebration'', what are we rejoicing? That people were oppresed and killed and the manner to honour them is by drinking? Could this be being ignorant at its best or what?
Youth day should be commemorated meaning ''A call to remembrance, keep alive the memory of someone or something as in a ceremony''
As we laid Mam' Albertina Sisulu to rest this past weekend I realised that great leaders are slowly but surely perishing away. We are going to loose our identity as it stand because by the look of things we heading that direction. I yearn for a harmonic place where the youth will be tutored about Mandelas, Tambos, Sisulus, Hanis, Biko, Joe Slovo, Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky), Helen Joseph, Lillian Ngoyi and many others maybe then just maybe they will repent and realize that the struggle for freedom is on-going and that the blood shed should not be in vain.
A friend of mine asked me ''If you were to die and be born again who would you like to be in the next lifetime and which continent would you like to be a citizen of''? Though I'm not sure if I'd want to be another person what I'm certain of is that Africa is where I would want to be without a doubt. For the past few months we have witnessed war in our neighbouring countries with leaders who are reluctant to step down and pass on the baton to others. Luckily Mzansi is a democratic country where a leader is rightfully elected by masses and can be recalled should s/he not live up to expectation.
Remember:
Youth day is NOT a celebration but a commemoration, let's make it our mission to teach those who don't know.
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