Staff Reporter
National Youth Development Agency [NYDA] chairperson Sifiso Mtsweni says the youth agency has set aside R40 million for the Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund, to assist poor students, particularly those coming from rural areas, to pay for their tuition fees.On Friday, the NYDA honoured university graduates, who benefited from the Solomon Mahlangu Scholarship Fund at a gala dinner held at Freedom Park, Pretoria, as part of the 40th-anniversary celebrations of the former MK operative who was brutally killed by the apartheid government in 1979.
Addressing the gala dinner, which was graced by high profile dignitaries including Arts & Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa, Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla, and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwebane, the firebrand NYDA chairperson said the youth agency welcomed the government’s decision to declare Solomon Mahlangu’s home in Mamelodi a national heritage site.“The national heritage precinct will do two things for the people
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