Half a century after 1976, the new youth struggle is economic
Daily Maverick | 15.06.2026 19:43
In June 1976, South Africa’s students ignited a fire that would burn down the apartheid system and change the country forever. The uprising was not because they believed change was imminent, but because they had decided that the world they had inherited was unacceptable and had to change.
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