This year's Youth Day marks 39 years since Soweto students took to the streets to protest against being forced to learn in Afrikaans. The struggle continues for the youth of today. They also have challenges such as xenophobia, unemployment and drug abuse.As the youth we should not allow our beautiful country to go down the drain as a result of things we can rectify.Youth Day should not be taken as an annual event that passes without any real progress being made.We should be able to point to a few things we have achieved in 2015.We should not allow drugs to destroy the future of our fellow brothers and sisters.Ruthless drug lords are destroying someone's child, and when they are done they are going to destroy your child's future too. It is for this reason that we must stand together to fight this scourge.We also need to stand up against unemployment.Our country is giving the youth opportunities to empower themselves and not rely on the government for employment and free social services.How can we blame our leaders when we are not doing anything with our own lives?We should learn to be hard workers and stop relying on the handouts from the government. ..