{"id":6601,"date":"2021-06-21T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=6601"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:05:03","slug":"opinion-piece-by-cogta-mec-sipho-hlomuka-on-youth-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2021\/06\/21\/opinion-piece-by-cogta-mec-sipho-hlomuka-on-youth-month\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION PIECE BY COGTA MEC SIPHO HLOMUKA ON YOUTH MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210602-WA0080-1-1536x1152-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10312\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The former President of our Country Nelson Mandela is quoted as saying \u201cIt always seems impossible until is done\u201d there are no words that can perfectly capture what the youth of 1976 faced in their stand against an unjust murderous regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-f71046c ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The task that laid ahead of them when they said \u201cenough is enough\u201d would have been too daunting for any generation to face but with a determined spirit they took that valiant stand and paid the ultimate price, in what is now known as the 1976 uprising where hundreds of young people lost their lives and some were injured and suffered life altering injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9be2664 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">This year our country commemorates 45 years since that fateful day when these events occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-6e928e5 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">As we look back into our history we cannot but stand in awe at the bravery that was displayed by the young men and women who took a stand, that caused the whole world to take up and note the human rights abuses that were happening in our country at the hands of the apartheid government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-ca03cf9 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The bravery shown by that generation is something that the youth of today can learn from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-dbfdf79 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">They were faced with insurmountable odds and used their voice and their feet to take a stand against an institution that had degraded them and their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-4d07c0a ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">In the midst of all of this they were able to take a stand that would turn the history of our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-2f2f354 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The famed French author Franz Fanon once saud \u201cEach generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-5f0935e ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">We can never doubt the generation of 1976 as they became the building blocks for the youth of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9063b49 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">Their exploits show all of us what is possible when young people stand together in the pursuit of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-dc6c8ae ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The youth of today, face the triple challenges that plague our country which are unemployment, inequality and poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-08b510e ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The challenges which are in part as a result our countries legacy, require all our young people to band together and to fully exploit every avenue available for them to take themselves and their families forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9cc228c ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div 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to be apt for the challenges that our youth and country are faced with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-14f9690 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">While our government continues to utlise utilise youth month to galvanise and focus energy towards youth empowerment and development. It is the responsibility of every young person to be enquisitive and enquire about what opportunities there are for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-29d1faa ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The fourth industrial revolution is here and requires our young people to be at the centre of the latest trends that are taking the world by storm and bring with them ample opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-ec1bc5e ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">It is for this reason that the department of Cogta, which I lead continues to invest in bursaries for young people, and youth empowerment programmes such as the EPWP Programme through which we have recruited 11&nbsp;000 young people. Who are able to receive training and provide for their families. Similarly we have recruited 500 young people to be interns within our municipalities for a period of two years. These young people come from disciplines such as town planning, engineering, finance and many others which are regarded as scarce skills within local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-388c76f ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The investment in these young people is yet another indication of our government\u2019s commitment to our young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-b1e3bd5 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">We also continue to provide ample opportunities for employment to young people within the departments own recruitment processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-5e27aa9 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">While these efforts might a drop in the ocean we strongly believe that this governments commitment to empowering the youth will never waver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-6a3c07c ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">The provincial government\u2019s commitment to procure goods and services from businesses owned by young people, as articulated by the Premier Hon Sihle Zikalala is evidence of the commitment we have to our young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-8937318 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">To turn our situation around required commitment not only from government&nbsp; but from all sectors of our society. The Business men and women have a vital role to play in ensuring that our young people getting opportunities to improve their level of skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-73dec0f ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.9\">As we commemorate youth month, let us all recommit ourselves to the struggle of young people. Their empowerment is our empowerment. 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