JOHANNESBURG - The message from young activists on Youth Day is urgent and unapologetic: This is not a day of celebration, but of defiance.
Defiance of a system that continues to fail its youth. Defiance of violence, exclusion, and injustice.
The civic organisation, Not In My Name, says it's been 49 years since the Soweto Uprising and 31 years since democracy, but for many young people, especially young Black women, freedom remains a promise unfulfilled.
The organisation says the youth are still mourning, still fighting, and still demanding real change.
Its national organiser, Boitumelo Thage, discussed this with eNCA.