#16June1976: Ramaphosa marks student tribute with call to action

“This country is yours to inherit, so rise and take charge of your destiny.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday marked the 43rd anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Students Uprising, urging the youth to wage a new struggle for economic freedom, access to land and free education.

“It is you who are the voice of our national conscience as we build a South Africa free of racism, of sexism, of xenophobia and other forms of discrimination,” Ramaphosa said in Polokwane, Limpopo.

“It is you, the youth of this country, who remind us that our liberation is not complete as long as millions of our people live in poverty, are jobless and remain on the margins of society.”