The historic uprising by the youth in Soweto in June 1976 was sparked by, among other things, the imposition of Afrikaans as teaching language in township schools. Today the youth of the new South Africa face different challenges, the most urgent being HIV/AIDS. June is national youth month and the National Youth Commission has embarked a campaign to highlight the many issues that affect the young including unemployment that stands at around 40 percent. Thandeka Teyise of Health-e News Service spoke to Liziwe Konyana, Deputy Director for Communication at the National Youth Commission, about its strategy to help combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and why the commission has chosen to focus on poverty and development.
This report is in isiXhosa and English.
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