Makotse Women Club Celebrate Youth Month

They say "wa thinta bafazi wa thinti umbhokoto". Yesterday women from the village of Makotse here in Limpopo celebrated youth month in style . Instead of long speeches the women gathered all the village children for a village cleaning campaign and painting of their dailly drop-inn Centre were they gathered kids from four years upwards to do the paintings for their centre. Well since it's school holidays here in Mzantsi youth never dissapointed they turned in their grooves to make sure that their village even if it doesn't have tarred roads looks beautfull like they do.


When asked about the purpose of celebrating this the Manager of Makotse Women Club said, "We need to keep our children a little bit busy cause once they get tired of playing they start thinking negative things like indulging in unprotected sex, which will lead into teenage pragnancy, theft and the unwanted preading of the HIV/AIDS pandemic."

NO MORE TEARS!

Nseleni is the small township in the Northen kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa. The youth of this township met on the 16 of June 2008 with the congregation known as Church of God under Pastor Zikhali and celebrate youthday. There were so many musicians there to entertain all the people who were there. Some of them there were singing gospel songs and Zulu caltural songs they all said "no more cry, no more tears now its time to celebrate".

They said, the youth of 1976 fought against Aparthaid especially in education. Bongani Dhludhlu member of the Church of God said they decided to celebrate this Youth Day together with the youth of Enseleni because people there ignore this township especially when it comes to events like this, ''we like send a messege to our youth they must look at their talents and focus on education and they must know its very important to go to Church'' said Bongani Dludlu. Mrs Zikhali, wife of pastor Zikhali leader of the Church of God said ''it's not boring to be in Church; that is why we are doing this event as a church''. She also said the youth must stay away from drugs and sex because it will kill their future.

There were many people there from youth to adults and all they said now is the time to celebrate and look foward to the future knowing that the past is the past but the future is comming and the youth must prepare for the future now.

The youngsters

We were the group who decided to compile our package of the seminar by focusing on the youth. Seeing as the packages were played for the first time on National Youth Day, we thought of sticking to the theme of election reporting by asking youngsters, experts and political parties if they think the youth is going to vote in next year's elections. We got some very interesting answers, and if you click on the link, you be be able to hear us in action. And enjoy the extra effects that made compiling this report so much fun. We hope with the help of the report, you will think about making your vote count in 2009.

Enjoy! Roderick, Alani and Grace.