President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the 50th anniversary of the June 16 Soweto Uprising outside Soccer City, urging the private sector to hire youth. With unemployment for 15-24 year-olds above 60%, Ramaphosa said government will share the cost of first jobs through the employment tax incentive. Over 5.7 million youth are registered on SA Youth mobi. “Open the doors of employment,” he told business. #YouthDay2026 #June16 #SowetoUprising50 #Unemployment #Ramaphosa #TheAzanian_

President Cyril Ramaphosa walks along the red carpet past wreaths laid at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto, June 16, 2026. Leaders paid tribute to the students killed during the 1976 uprising. “Let us honour them not in words alone, but in deeds,” Ramaphosa said. #YouthDay2026 #HectorPieterson_ By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief The Azanian | Truth. Fearless. Unfiltered. AZANIAFROCOMEDIA – The Catalyst of Impact JOHANNESBURG— President Cyril Ramaphosa used the 50th annive

BREAKING: Abdullah Ibrahim, 1934–2026. The father of Cape jazz and composer of “Mannenberg,” the unofficial anthem of the anti-apartheid struggle, has died at 91. Born Dollar Brand in Cape Town, discovered by Duke Ellington, and hailed by Mandela as “South Africa’s Mozart,” Ibrahim played at the dawn of democracy in 1994. He performed his final show at CTIJF in March 2026. “His love for his country never wavered,” said partner Marina Umari. President Ramaphosa called him an i