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COOL INSPIRING PERSONALITIES SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON YOUTH DAY,SHARE THEIR MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH OF S.A,REVEAL THEIR BEST YOUTH MOMENTS&MORE!+FAST YOUTH DAY FACTS#YOUTHMONTH

# YOUTHMONTH2013 Days before Youth Day, I chat to some cool personalities about their thoughts on Youth Day,they share their message to the youth of South Africa&more… Writes Basheerah de villiers Fast Facts about #Youthday (also      referred to as National Youth Day ) ·        Youth Day is celebrated to commemorate the 1976 Soweto Uprisings, whereby hundreds of black Students took to the streets of Soweto, then to Orlando Stadium, to protest against Bantu Education. ·        It was in 1953 that the Apartheid Government enacted the Bantu Education act. ·        Afrikaans was made compulsory in schools and black learners were forced to be taught in Afrikaans, along with the English language. ·        Certain subjects such as social studies , Maths & Algebra were taught in Afrikaans. ·        The Afrikaans language was seen by black pupils as the language of the oppressor. ·        Even though the protest was intended to be peaceful, riots were visible