1976 UPRISING: Open letter in honour of youth month 16 June 2025
By Zandile Phiri:
My fellow South Africans
As the first young and female Acting Secretary General of the United Democratic Movement, I write this letter with both pride and sorrow in my heart. We find ourselves once again in the Month of Remembrance – June – a month etched into the history of South Africa as a time when the youth of 1976 stood up and declared: “Enough is enough.” They faced bullets with books, oppression with unity, and injustice with courage. To many, this month carries bittersweet memories – of pain and hope, of death and rebirth. Yet for some of our youth today, this legacy exists only within the pages of history books.
It is with deep sadness that I reflect on how many of those brave souls who joined the struggle remain nameless and unrecognised. T...