Chairperson, it should be on record that former PAC president, Zephaniah Mothopeng, was the only leader of a then banned political party to face charges related to the June 16 student uprising. The PAC regrets the fact that people who contributed towards June 16 are hardly mentioned when the day is remembered. Government must recognise and memorialise people such as Tsietsi Mashinini and Khotso Seatlholo. We disapprove of the tendency by the ruling party to monopolise youth funds and projects.
The PAC calls for justice and equality among all youth formations of our land, nothing less. The youth should not be hindered from participating in shaping the destiny of our country. By eliminating the scourge of alcohol abuse, promiscuous sex, drugs, crime, disease, corruption and other ills, the youth of today will be emulating their June 16 predecessors. They must also cure themselves of a disease of the mind that manifests itself in either an inferiority complex or a superiority complex. I thank you.