What Youth Day means to young South Africans today
Bona Magazine | 05.06.2026 21:56
Every year on 16 June, South Africans commemorate Youth Day, a public holiday that honours the courage and sacrifice of the young people who participated in the 1976 Soweto Uprising. What began as a protest against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools became a defining moment in the country’s struggle against apartheid.
