I want a better South Africa.

I want a better South Africa.

I want to change the way people think and do things.

I want to change the youth of my time.

I want to give to the needy ones of my land.

I want to show love to those who have never been loved and give hope to the hopeless ones.

I want to remove the dark and bless them with light.

I want to build a new South Africa.

I want you to help me, because I can’t fulfill my dreams without you.

Let us be one, like soldiers in an army.

Working together, like we used to.

Showing the spirit of togetherness (ubuntu).

Express yourself in the light of what we have created.

Thabo Horings

Excerpts from the writings of young people who participated in “AWAKEN THE YOUNG CITIZEN” workshop at Fietas, Johannesburg.