News: Facebook Introduces Suicide Prevention Tool

Facebook has introduced suicide prevention tool which are now available worldwide.

These tools, will let people flag posts from friends or people who they think may be at risk or on the verge of committing suicide.

Now Trending On Twitter: #YouthDay2016

So #YouthDay2016 is one of the top trends on twitter. For those who don't know, South Africa is commemorating the SOWETO uprising that saw the protest of students from various high schools in South Africa pushing a movement against the then Apartheid Government Bantu Education System. The movement happened in 1976, up to 176 youths were killed and thousands were injured.

Fast forward to today, South African's are reacting on twitter. See tweets after the cut...

News: 34 Migrants Found Dead In Desert

Niger’s interior ministry has informed news agents that 34 migrants have been found dead in the Niger desert near Assamaka a border post between Niger and Algeria. This includes 5 men, nine women and 20 children. It’s been assumed that they were abandoned by people smugglers while trying to get to neighbouring country Algeria.

A source told AFP that “They probably died of thirst, as is often the case”.

News Source: African Spotlight

News: South Africa Celebrates Youth Day

16th of June marks a day in the lives of South Africans. The incidents that took place on the 16th of June, 2016 re-writes history in South Africa. On this day in 1976, students stood up against the Bantu education system. It happened first in Johannesburg Township and spread through other townships around the nation for the rest of the year. The uprising was triggered by apartheid government policies that caused the introduction of the Bantu Education Act in 1953.

During the movement police blocked about 10 000 to 20 000 pupils moving towards the Orlando Stadium. A confrontation ensued near Orlando High, and a 13-year-old Hector Pieterson was killed. The major contention was for the government to stop the use of Afrikaans as the learning language. This movement remains a part of South African history.