PHUTI MOSOMANE
President Cyril Ramaphosa told hundreds of delegates at the 26th ANCYL national congress that the newly-elected top six leaders must return the league to its roots as a militant autonomous organisation.
After a wait of more than two hours, Ramaphosa finally addressed the Yough League delegates convening for the first time in eight years.
Ramaphosa applauded the youth for selecting a theme ‘Economic Freedom and Social Change now and not later’ – in his view, this will assist the league to be a ‘motive force’ to regain its former glory as a strong, vibrant, and militant organisation.
“I want to applaud you for spending time on looking into ways of transforming society and to change South Africa. You took to deliberate on renewal of the ANCYL, for this you must be a disciplined organisation.
“You are now required to mobilise young people for economic freedom – come up
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