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SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Why South Africa can’t afford to neglect its young people | SA News

With one of the youngest populations globally, South Africa holds a demographic spark that could ignite the economy. But that depends on young people being healthy, educated and employed — which is not happening

12 June 2025 – 05:00

by Sanisha Packirisamy

Each year on June 16, South Africans honour the legacy of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, a defining moment when a brave generation rose against a system that denied young black people dignity and opportunity. Nearly 50 years later, young people are not facing teargas and truncheons but unemployment, poverty and marginalisation.

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