Today in South Africa, we celebrate the lives of "The Youth of 1976", who died marching in a fight for FREEDOM.
Even though the precious youth lost their lives that day, today we enjoy the fruits of their labour because today we live in the FREEDOM that they fought for.
I once asked a friend of mine why it was that many courageous people, who fight for a cause never lived to see that cause established... and today I finally know the answer: Those courageous enough to fight for a FREEDOM of any kind know that it may cost them their lives, and they fight on regardless because at one point in their lives they made a decision to fight so that their children would not have to fight the same battle...
Today, we, the Youth of 2011 walk in the footsteps of the fallen heroes of '76. and even though the battle for a democratic South Africa is one that we do not have to fight... We have our own battles that demand us to be selfless, to roll up our sleeves and to stand in the frontline, so that the future generations don't have to fight our battles for us.
Today, ours is to take a stand against poverty, HIV/Aids, Hate crimes, Abuse of people, the senseless rape of mother earth, And to also protect this very same democracy to which we have been entrusted!!!
The struggle has become colour blind, and today we are ALL called to take a stand against all these injustices.
African youth, unlike American youth, should no longer accept and embrace the luxury to sit and day dream about "money,cars and hoes"... Because "to whom much is given,much is required"... And we have been given much - we are the richest continent as far as natural resources is concerned, and we are called to use what we have to fight today's battle!!!
I have a dream, of different colour feet running the same race... This is the time for this dream to be realised... And, YES...even WE CAN!!!
Another friend of mine asked me, "do you really think that this FREEDOM that we so fight for will materialise in our lifetime?"
My answer: No it definitely won't, but we shall see it through the eyes of our children... Because if we want it bad enough, we might have to die for it!!!
And I know this because FREEDOM is not FREE!!!
pheeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! Wow, this is so wonderfully put. You are a writer. This piece is great. Keep on writing. You have got it in. I am so inspired
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