{"id":125936,"date":"2016-06-25T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125936\/youth-month-celebrations-continue-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-24T16:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:04:37","slug":"youth-month-celebrations-continue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/25\/youth-month-celebrations-continue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Month celebrations continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYouth discovering their careers in 40 years of educational struggle\u201d was the theme of the Youth Month event held at the Elsburg Library on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The event was organised by Konkose and Mpho Tsotetsi in collaboration with the Elsburg Library.<\/p>

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\u201cI realised that most youngsters are not well motivated about reading and improving their lives which is one of the reasons I initiated this event,\u201d said Konkose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope this event will inspire youngsters to dream and work for success.\u201d<\/p>

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Konkose also emphasised the importance of June 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also dawned on me that the majority of youth, these days, have forgotten or have no knowledge about the significance of June 16,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJune 16 is primarily about educational struggle. The youth back then fought for better and equal education for all and that is what I want youngsters to know and appreciate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou find people wearing school uniform in commemoration of the day but they have alcohol in their hands, which puts the wrong message across.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to learn to respect the school uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among those invited to motivate and educate the audience was Caroline Molomo from Lethubuntu Health Care Services.<\/p>\n

Molomo addressed a number of health issues affecting the youth, particularly teenage pregnancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost teens have sex as a way to seem cool and sophisticated but it often results in teenage pregnancy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really need to be free and talk to our children about sex and its consequences while they are still young.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather say \u2018I spoke to my child but he\/she didn\u2019t listen\u2019 than \u2018I should\u2019ve advised my child\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people, let us love ourselves because we are unique and we are the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Molomo also left the youngsters with a sentence to remember.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpen your ears and close the zip,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n

Special Force Entertainment and Revolution Dancers were among those present entertaining the audience.<\/p>\n