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1976 Youth Leader Seth Mazibuko: I Started a Revolution to Skip Exams  | Politically Aweh
18 June 2026

1976 Youth Leader Seth Mazibuko: I Started a Revolution to Skip Exams | Politically Aweh

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In 1976, students marched peacefully for their right to learn. Yet, they were met with bullets.

Seth Mazibuko was one of the youngest leaders that day.

He calls it the battle of the bullet versus the book. A generation that risked everything for an education.

But Seth isn't only looking back. He draws a line from Soweto to #FeesMustFall, to the young South Africans facing record unemployment right now.

Courage. Sacrifice. Betrayal. Accountability.

And one challenge for this generation: don't just participate in the system. Lead it.

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