Youth Day is nothing to celebrate - we have failed the young

It’s June 16, and for this month we will all say sympathetic things about young people and will make the right noises about their development.

June 18, 2019 at 6:13 am

Justice Malala

Columnist

The collective opinion of the youth panel was that students and young people just entering the job market in SA do not feel heard and they resent older generations (like politicians) making decisions that affect them without consulting them or really listening to their concerns. (Eugene Coetzee)

It’s June 16, and for this month we will all say sympathetic things about young people and will make the right noises about their development.

The one thing we will not say is that they are not stupid. They can see a hustler from a mile away. And if there is anyone they know is a hustler it is a politician in a tight suit, a smooth car and a poor grasp of the difference between truth and lies.