{"id":56709,"date":"2014-04-03T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=56709"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:38:30","slug":"youth-celebrate-20-years-democracy-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2014\/04\/03\/youth-celebrate-20-years-democracy-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth celebrate 20 years of democracy in song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music in South Africa is not only for entertainment but became a formidable tool to fight the apartheid regime through songs and dance.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty years since the dawn of democracy, the youth of Ekurhuleni will gather in unity to commemorate the gains achieved by the democratic order.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Youth Festival takes place at Germiston Lake Park, this Saturday (April 5).<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Festival will provide young people with an opportunity to reflect on the democratic dispensation from 10am until late.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>About 10 000 young people from around Ekurhuleni are expected to converge on Germiston Lake to enjoy the festival, which brings together an array of popular South African musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Already, 6 800 young people have confirmed that they will be attending the festival.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will feature 20 solo and group performances in various artistic forms.<\/p>\n<p>The audience can expect exhilarating performances from entertainment heavyweights such as: Dj Tira, Zahara, Zakes Bantwini, Kwesta, Tear Gas, Tbo-Touch, Donald, Shimza, MiCasa, Dj Sbu, Dj Picat and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The metro will provide two buses to the festival at each of the Customer Care Centres.<\/p>\n<p>The buses will depart at 9am.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance to the venue is free.<\/p>\n<p>However, people are required to register on www.ekurhuleniyouthfestival.co.za.<\/p>\n<p>Upon registering, festival patrons will receive a SMS containing their unique code which will grant them access to the park.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e98e8256b8ad0de2b24543d5339eb126'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy a music festival in celebration of 20 years of democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":56715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[3231,1003,972,979,1143,2734,1002,974,3230],"class_list":["post-56709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-20-years-of-democracy","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-entertainment-2","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-lake","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-music","tag-youth-festival"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["20 years of democracy","Ekurhuleni","entertainment","germiston","Germiston Lake","melissa hart","metro","music","Youth Festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}