Deputy President to lead the official Youth Day commemoration in Bloemfontein

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile is expected to lead the official Youth Day commemoration in Bloemfontein, Free State, on Friday.

This is as South Africa observes 47 years since students led an uprising over the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools.

However, with the triple challenges of poverty, inequality, and unemployment in South Africa, the youth has lamented the government’s failure to ensure a better life for all.

These youngsters say there is nothing to celebrate: “How many young people have graduated with honours, masters, and PhDs included and still have no jobs”

“I think the government is failing the youth because most of the youth are unemployed; they are home.”

Deputy President Paul Mashatile to lead commemorations in Bloemfontein