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16 June 2025
18 South African Music Acts to Watch in Honor of Youth Day
Rising DJs and sonic storytellers reflect on what this day means and what it feels like to be young and free in a country still healing from its past.
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News
15 June 2020
South Africans to Commemorate 44th Anniversary of Soweto Student Uprisings
South Africans will celebrate Youth Day this June 16th––here's what you need to know about the historic day.
Music
22 June 2016
Johannesburg's Experimental Music Finds a New Home
South African experimental music imprint Mushroom Hour Half Hour launches online with a sea of vinyl mixes and auditory experiments.
Arts + Culture
16 June 2016
South Africa's Youth in 16 Portraits
Lebo Lukewarm photographs the changing youth of South Africa with the black-and-white portrait series, You Fought For Me.
Arts + Culture
16 June 2016
6 Moments That Prove the Spirit of '76 is Still Alive in South Africa
For Youth Day we look back at six moments that show the spirit of 1976 is still alive in South Africa.
News
16 June 2016
Born Kullid in the Neocolony
"In radical opposition to the Rainbow Nation rhetoric sound blasted every June 16th"
Film + TV
13 June 2016
'Sarafina!' is Screening in Cinemas Across South Africa for Youth Day
Here’s how you can see the 1992 film ‘Sarafina!’ in South Africa this Youth Day.
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