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South Africa: Calls for SA to Root out Drugs, Boost Youth Development |
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www.sanews.gov.za |
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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ICT for MDGs
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South Africa |
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Jun 14, 2013 |
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“Cabinet reiterated that while the youth of 1976 fought for freedom and the creation of a democratic state, today’s youth activism is directed towards successfully tackling the challenge of combating poverty, unemployment, HIV and Aids, personal development and drug abuse,” Chabane said.
The June 16 commemoration marks the uprisings in 1976 where the apartheid regime’s decision that learners to be tutored in Afrikaans in certain subjects sparked riots that were led mainly by high school students.
This year’s commemoration, under the theme -- Working together for youth development and a drug free South Africa -- comes at a time where there is high unemployment amongst young people and a disturbing culture of drug abuse.
The commemoration event will be complimented by other events and programmes organised by the National Youth Development Agency around the country in a form of anti-drug awareness campaigns and road shows of what is entailed in the government’s recently signed Youth Unemployment Accord.
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South Africa: Calls for SA to Root out Drugs, Boost Youth Development Cabinet has called on all South Africans to play their part in making lives of young South Africans better Speaking to the media at a post-Cabinet press conference in Cape Town on Thursday Performance Monitoring Evaluation and Administration Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said all organisations should contribute to promoting youth development and rooting out drug dealers from communities Chabane was speaking ahead of Youth Day commemoration which will take place on Sunday 16 June 2013 in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal
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