Youth Day – Youth Must Keep Dreaming

June 16, 2008 in Die Yard by Ferril (Farrel Hardenberg)

This article is rated ‘R’ – no persons under the age of 16!

Happy Youth Day to all the youth of South Africa.

This evening, after watching Noelene, I thought to myself… it’s time to speak up once again for the youth! Ek is nou gatvol van die kak!

Now, I used to be a Noelene fan, until more and more of her shows were focused on black people – black not being all other than white. Now my God, what are we doing here mense? Aren’t we supposed to be a united ‘new’ South Africa? What are we trying to show the youth of SA?

I was watching Noelene for 10 minutes this evening, and after the 10th minute I started to feel extreme hatred and anger towards the show.

Almost every black person that was asked the question, “what makes your company different in the market?” or, “why did you start your company?” came back with the response of or close to…

We saw there weren’t any young black women/persons in the market.

We wanted to create an avenue for black people…

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT YOUTH MUTHA FUCKA!

Shouldn’t the response be more to do about ALL the youth of South Africa? What happened to the coloured youth? The Asian youth? The indian youth?

I think more people should be trying to invest in something more for the youth of this country. I’m not going to say more, but I have some plans in the pipeline!

If we all try and give the youth (those that can and can’t afford) opportunities to make themselves great, then we can be proud of where South Africa is headed!

So to all the youth of South Africa, don’t let people get you down! When you’re being ignored, tramped on, hurt, bullied or just plain pushed aside, keep your heads up and keep dreaming. Because without any dreams, there’s nothing to reach for!

Ferril