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Interesting facts about youth day

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Youth Day was initially known as Soweto Day among the supporters of the ANC, but it was officially made a public holiday after Nelson Mandela became president in 1994. The government at that time then chose to call it Youth Day to commemorate the role that the youth played in overcoming the apartheid regime.

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