South African Youth Day, noun phrase

Soweto Day, see Soweto sense 3. Also SA Youth Day, and attributive.
1986 City Press 8 June 1Le Grange banned: All gatherings to commemorate South African Youth Day, the 10th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising.
1987 New Nation 4 June 3The UDF will also commemorate June 16 as South African Youth Day ‘in honour of the gallant young people of our country’.
1987 New Nation 11 June 1Significant dates..are June 12 (the anniversary of the emergency), June 16 (SA Youth Day) and June 26 (Freedom Charter Day).
1987 M. Badela in Weekly Mail 19 June 1Sisulu’s surprise message..was delivered by General and Allied Workers Union president..to nearly 1000 people at a South African Youth Day commemoration service.
1988 New Nation 30 June 30On June 16 we commemorated South African Youth Day and International Day of Solidarity by remembering Hector Peterson and all the youths who have fallen or are in detention because they have sought a free and just society.
1990 New African 9 July 3She said despite the observance of South African Youth Day (June 16), the shooting of her daughter was unprovoked because there had been neither violence nor any action that might warrant the SADF action.
Soweto Day, see Soweto sense 3. Also SA Youth Day, and attributive.
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