Likhwelele iliwa endaweni yalo? 5 Noko nokukhanya oku kongendawo kuya kucinywa, Lingabi mhlophe ilangatye lomlilo wakhe. Debunking the popular myth about the revival of the ANCYL (PART 2) Mafika Damane Mndebele and Thembinkosi “Guerrilla” Zondi Mandela Generation: myth and reality HE modern day challenges confronting young people are better captured by the recent findings released by Statistics South Africa. It indicated that 49% of young people are not employed, that 65.1% of children up to the age of 18 live with families that earn less than R650 per month, that 60.2% of young people ranging between the age of 18 and 25 make up the majority of the so–called Mandela generation. This is the reality as opposed to the myth. The careful reading of the 2011 Census report reveals the reality is that the significant majority of South Africans are under 35 years of age and live in households that receive low–incomes, the majority of whom come from rural areas who do not even have a Grade 12 qualification. In addition to that, the report has unveiled how 35% of South African