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We’ve become part of a system we fought against

‘selfish individualism’

IN THE next three years, it will be 2026. And we would observe and mark the 50th anniversary of June 1976

Interestingly, we, the children of Soweto, have realised in the past two decades or so that the fiery and prophetic fire and spirit of our much-vaunted revolution have faded.

Next year, the ANC would have been in power for 30 years. And it could have, presumably, played a leading role in the organisation of 30 years of freedom and democracy.

But corruption has weakened the hands of our peers and former comrades at all levels of state power since 1994.

Looking back at the past 47 years since 1976, the angry, defiant and self-sacrificing youth who willingly

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