“UHulumeni izikhalo zethu uze wazisukumela ngoba sesivuke indlobane singumphakathi sangenela umbhikisho onodlame njengoba besivale zonke izintuba ezingenela eJozini kanye nomgwaqo omkhulu u-R22 ebesuvalwe ngezinguzunguzu zamatshe nezihlahla. Kusho ukuthi loHulumeni yiyona ndlela ozwa ngayo ukuze ukusukumele izikhalo zethu ngoba uma esacelwa kahle uyathalalisa,” kusho uNkwanyana. Brigade? The 24th National Congress of the ANCYL made a correct analysis of the challenges faced by our country and thus correctly resolved on a struggle for radical distribution of wealth beneath the soil as echoed by the Freedom Charter. There is no doubt that this clarion call has found support amongst the youth who are at the receiving end of all the challenges faced by our country. The agitation slogan for ‘economicfreedominourlifetime’,andamore programmatic response to it, makes theProgressiveYouthAllianceingeneral, and specifically the ANCYL, more relevant than ever before. In other words, the ANCYL’s twin tasks are (a) serving as body of opinion within the ANC and reinforcing it throughrallyingyoungpeoplebehind its strategic vision and (b) championing the interest of young people as a way of responding to the already mentioned challenges confronting