Youth

The CU is proud to bring you a very excellent speech made by YCLSA National Secretary Buti Manamela this weekend in Cape Town. “Close the gap between the Leaders and the People”, he said. Read it all via the link below.

The other link is from a young US “Hip-Hop Head” and poet, Saul Williams, slightly self-conscious, but making some good points about the struggle of the US youth to assemble an honest culture for themselves.

Nkosiphendule Kolisile and Zico Tamela where on SABC TV News last night together with ANC President Thabo Mbeki. It’s good to see that the two are no longer “going it alone”. It was the top item, reported by Sophie Mokoena.

The CU meets tomorrow, 17h00, 3rd floor, COSATU House, to discuss the COSATU document, “Possibilities for fundamental social change”.

Click on these links:

Power to the People, In Memory of Chris Hani, Buti Manamela (2560 words)

To Oprah Winfrey from a Hip-Hip Head, Saul Williams, Counterpunch (2535 words)