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13 JUNE 2023

YOUTH DAY EVENT

Makana Local Municipality in collaboration with Sound Print Studio would like to invite you to a Youth Day event that will take place in Makhanda on 16 June 2023. Young people from various sectors of the community will have an opportunity to showcase their talent at a venue where any member of the community will be able to watch. Events planned for the day include live music, theater, dance, boxing and more.

Join us as we celebrate this important day with young people as we remember the young people who lost their lives during the Soweto Uprising in 1976.

2023 marks the 47th anniversary of the June 16 Soweto and other related uprisings. The Soweto uprising ended tragically with hundreds of young people brutally killed. This tragedy became a rallying point that inspired a nation and a people to rise up against the brutal apartheid system.

Following the advent of democracy in 1994, the new democratic government declared 16 June as National Youth Day and June as Youth Month. This year National Youth Day and Youth Month will be celebrated under the theme: “Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future”.

Stakeholders involved in the event include Department of Social Development, East Cape Midlands College, Makhanda Neighbourhood Crime Watch, South African Police Service, Ukulunga Kwethu Safe House.

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Issued by the Makana Municipality Communications Office.