Youth Day: Young people's voices must be heard
- Youth Day was on 16 June.
- Staff and students wrote opinion pieces for the media.
- They highlighted key issues that continue to affect young people.
South Africans celebrated Youth Day on 16 June. In opinion pieces for the media, staff and students at Stellenbosch University emphasised why it is important to pay more attention to the power of young voices, feeding the youth, repaying the debt to the youth of 1976, giving young people a seat at the table, and training the youth to become future science stars. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
- Justin de Villiers (The power of young voices in South Africa – Cape Argus)
- Haki Sebina (Youth Day: A hungry generation cannot build a prosperous future – Weekend Argus)
- Prof Thuli Madonsela (It is our turn to courageously repay the debt we owe to June 16 champions – Mail & Guardian)
- Lateefah Matinka (RESET@50: Youth cannot build a future they are excluded from – Mail & Guardian)
- Prof Karin Jacobs and Dr Hanelie Adendorff (Training future scientists starts in the undergraduate lab – University World News)
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