{"id":37261,"date":"2026-06-16T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37261"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:19:40","slug":"sas-anc-honours-1976-youth-legacy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-anc-honours-1976-youth-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s ANC honours 1976 youth legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In honour of the class of 1976, South Africa&#8217;s (SA) African National Congress (ANC) has implored young people to turn political freedom into economic freedom, social justice and community development.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Through a statement, the party has called on the country&#8217;s youth to register to vote this coming weekend and contribute to fixing local government to deliver basic quality services.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">They have further paid tribute to all who planned and participated in the June 1976 Soweto Uprising that stood against a racist regime that imposed Afrikaans as the language of instruction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The ANC says the baton is in the hands of today&#8217;s youth to ensure that they have a better future and that the sacrifices made by the class of 1976 is not in vain.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Youth Day 2026 | Reflecting on the legacy of Tsietsi Mashinini with Fraser Qhamakoane<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9A9LhSbrsq4?si=5Vobd5b3ccbEVTIt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36907,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37261","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"In honour of the class of 1976 ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37262,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37261\/revisions\/37262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}