Youth Day

Ama-Bornfree agubha uJune 16

Sekuphele iminyaka engamashumi amane nambili intsha yaseNingizimu Afrika yaqopha umlando ngendlela eyalwisana ngayo nombuso wobandlululo ngonyaka ka-1976. Kuningi esekulotshiwe ngosuku lukaJune 16 wonyaka ka1976. Kulesiqeshana sikhombisa indlela intsha ezalwe emva kokunyantulwa kweNingizimu Afrika emagomagomeni ombuso wobandlululo egubha ngayo lolu suku nomlando wezwe. Ngaphansi sikhombisa abafundi abayingxenye yalentsha ebizwa ngama-bornfree, baseSidelile High School eMagebheni, eNingizimu yeTheku. … Read more

Masana Sam Nzima: 8th August 1934 – 12th May 2018

On the 16th June 1976, Sam Nzima (born Masana Sam Nzima) took one of the world’s most famous photographs. It was also one of the most heartbreaking images, depicting the lifeless body of twelve-year-old Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubu. Running alongside Mbuyisa was Hector’s distraught seventeen year old sister, Antoinette Sithole. The photograph, which is considered … Read more

Youth Day 2015

The 16th June 1976 is a day forever etched in the memory of South Africans. Even for those not yet born, the 16th June represents the horror of Apartheid, a day on which hundreds of people, many of whom were children, gave their lives in the fight for equal education. In a protest against the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974, … Read more