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Press OfficeSee also:Monday 19 November 2007, Youth Hearing press release Friday 22 May 2007, VIOLENT ATTACKS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA Fighting for a brighter future! Tuesday 27 November 2007, Daily Sun By Khuliso Nelufule. 
POVERTY, HIV/Aids, education, unemployment and drugs! These are some of the concerns that topped the list young people have across Southern Africa. A group of young people from regional countries in Southern Africa gathered in Venda, Limpopo last Friday to voice these concerns. The youths collected the list of concerns from 20 000 people over a period of three months. Seaparo Sekoati, Limpopo's Health and Social Development MEC, collected the list of these concerns on behalf of government. The concerns were collected under the theme: A Better Life For All. The major focus of this collection was issues faced by young people and the regional challenges they have across Southern Africa. They call themselves Youth For Solidarity. The organisation was established to encourage youths to better their lives. Youth For Solidarity has 60 organisations from across Southern Africa and 21 of these come from South Africa. The regional organisation is supported by the Norwegian People's Aid - South Africa, the South African Young Voices Network, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and South Africa Graduates Development Association. Sekoati said Youth For Solidarity played an important part in rebuilding the nation. "We are happy because young people are concerned about fighting ills like alcohol and drug abuse," said Sekoati. "As government we still need more young people to participate in movements and plan for better lives," he said. Tsatsi Tseke, chairman of Youth For Solidarity, said: "We need to make sure that our opinions and needs are heard and recognised." "We believe that decision makers are going to deal with our concerns," said Tseke. |
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The Regional Youth Hearing took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 28 November 2008 at the Kliptown Freedom Square/Walter Sisulu Square.
SAYVON features two research papers published by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa:
