‘We’re still fighting for a better future’
Nearly 50 years after students took to the streets of Soweto (https://mg.co.za/tag/soweto-uprising/) demanding a voice in their own future, young South Africans say they are still fighting to be heard. But while the generation of 1976 rallied against a visible and oppressive system, today’s youth activists are confronting a more diffuse set of challenges: climate change, unemployment, inequality and a growing sense that decisions shaping their future are still being made without them.
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Nearly 50 years after students took to the streets of Soweto (https://mg.co.za/tag/soweto-uprising/) demanding a voice in their own future, young South Africans say they are still fighting to be heard. But while the generation of 1976 rallied against a visible and oppressive system, today’s youth activists are confronting a more diffuse set of challenges: climate change, unemployment, inequality and a growing sense that decisions shaping their future are still being made without them.
