SOWETAN | Forty four years ago, hundreds of thousands of young people, mostly school children, took to the streets of Soweto demanding, among other things, a fair chance at education.
They were heard but not listened to by government hellbent at making black Africans a little more than useful tools to their white countrymen.
Instead, they were shot at, some killed, as the racist government of the time strengthened its oppressive hand against dissent. Five years ago, students across South African universities brought the nation to a standstill demanding yet again, a fair chance at education. Some doors were opened, some pledges fulfilled, but ultimately their cry for a broader society that offers equal opportunities for all was not heard.
This year the world was hit by a deadly pandemic which swept through our country and ravaged our economy.On the harsh end of the scale are for the most part, young people, full of dreams and talents, starring into an abyss of lost opportunities.
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