YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION

YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION

YOUTH DAY IS DONE ON THE 16TH OF JUNE IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN 1976 ON THE 16.

THE UPRISING WAS DONE BY SCHOOL PUPILS OF ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN SOWETO. BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO LEARN IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES. THEY WERE ACTUALLY AGAINST BEING TAUGHT IN AFRIKAANS.

THE UPRISING WAS LED BY A VERY POWERFUL SPEAKER AND WAS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL AND HIS NAME WAS TSIETSI MASHININI. THEY PLANNED THE UPRISING THE DAY BEFORE WHICH WAS THE 15TH, THEY GATHERED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND DRAWED POSTERS TO ILLUSTRATE THE MATTER.

IN THE MORNING, ON THE 16TH OF JUNE. THAT IS WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED. THE SCHOOL KIDS WERE UPRISING, POLICE VANS THREW TEAR GASES BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO STOP. THEN THE FIRST SHOT WAS SERVED STRAIGHT TO HECTOR PETERSON WHO WAS ALSO A PUPIL HE WAS IN A CROWD OF OTHER SCHOOL KIDS. HIS SISTER ANTOINITEE NOTICED THAT IT WAS HIS BROTHER. A BOY CALLED MBUYISA MAKHUBU PICKED HIM UP AND THEY RAN TO THE CLINIC WITH HIS SISTER BESIDES THEM.

NOW YOUTH DAY IS CELEBRATED ON THE 16TH OF JUNE. IN HONOUR AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED DURING THOSE DAYS.

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Posted: June 10th 2013 10:12