New Age2.png Rise up against violent protests - President Zuma Peter Ramothwala, The New Age, Johannesburg, 17 June 2016 President Jacob Zuma has urged society to stand up against a rising culture of violence and destruction of property. Speaking at the 40th anniversary of the June 16, 1976, student uprising at Orlando Stadium, Zuma said the nation recently faced the horror of the burning of more than 20 schools in Vuwani, Limpopo. Zuma said: "I wish to raise the matter of violent community protests again, as these are threatening to destroy the social fabric of our society. We should remember that not a single school was burned during the 1976 student uprising." He told the packed stadium that the burning of trains to demonstrate unhappiness when they arrived late was another shocking behaviour in the country. "While we thought that was shocking, others in KwaZulu-Natal burned factories which provide employment to the community to demonstrate unhappiness with a local councillor. "Such actions give an impression that we are going astray as a nation. There can be no justification for such violence in a country, where unlike in June 1976, we have access to three spheres government to communicate our grievances peacefully," he said. Zuma urged society to undertake some serious introspection and come up with solutions as a nation. This comes as lack of schooling entered a seventh week in Vuwani after residents protested against a municipal demarcation decision. "Another serious and very painful matter affecting our youth is the abuse of drugs and alcohol. Indications are that between 7.5% and 31% of South Africans have an alcohol problem or are at risk. "Some children dodge school and are seen drinking at taverns in school uniform," Zuma said. The report from the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use shows that a number of young people from the ages of 10 to 39 received treatment between January and June last year. The ANC also called on its young members and supporters to assume the mantle of the brave pioneers of 1976 in taking forward the aims of the National Democratic Revolution and the demands of the Freedom Charter. ANC national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa: "We call on the country's youth to work with the ANC to mobilise the nation around a common vision of the kind of society we seek to attain. "Around the world, young people have been the formative influence in revolutions." From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/17062016/epaperpdf/1.pdf -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/003601d1c86e%24e9a9eb80%24bcfdc280%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
