President Jacob Zuma will on Friday, 16 June 2017, address the National Youth Day commemoration in Ventersdorp, in the North West province, under the theme “The Year of OR Tambo: Advancing Youth Economic Empowerment”. June 16 commemorates the historic and courageous uprising by students in Soweto against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools, which led to a tragic loss of life and injuries and was also a major turning point in the history of the liberation struggle in the country and in particular the participation of the youth.
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