Youth Day 2026 | Reflecting on the legacy of Tsietsi Mashinini with Fraser Qhamakoane

As we reflect on the sacrifices made by the youth of 1976, one of the young people who played a leading role in mobilising young South Africans to take part in the marches on the morning of June 16 in 1976, was the late Tsietsi Mashinini, who later died in the 1990s in Guinea.

Fifty years later to the day, we speak to Director of Sports at the Tsietsi Mashinini Foundation, Fraser Qhamakoane about his life and legacy in the context of June 16, 1976.

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