As we mark 50 years since the Soweto Youth Uprising, IOL invites you to walk in their shoes, from the early planning of the peaceful march to Orlando Stadium, to the live gunfire that cut short the lives of at least 575 young people, as captured in harrowing pictures by Independent Media's own Alf Khumalo.

FIVE decades on, the mood, aspirations, and yearnings of South Africa’s youth are no different from those that stirred the streets of Soweto in 1976.Then, young people demanded…

In commemorating June 16, we must challenge ourselves and society to ensure that the revolutionary spirit of the uprising is not forgotten - rather, it should prompt us to forge…