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Tsietsi Mashinihi honoured in Soweto

Barney Pityana
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Youth activist Tsietsi Mashinini has been honoured at a memorial lecture at his former school in Soweto. Mashinini was at the forefront of June 1976 school protests.

He later died in exile. Professor Barney Pityana delivered the key note speech.

Leading the protests it was this day that turned Tsietsi Mashinini into an instant hero and an enemy of the apartheid regime.

Forty two years later and the youth of the country are still faced with myriad challenges such as unemployment, lack of skills development, pregnancy and HIV/AIDS among them.

Pityana says the youth are not given the opportunity to lead.

The likes of Mashinini, Seth Mazibuko and Onkgopote Tiro have left big steps to follow for the current crop of youth activists.

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