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SAMGI currently has a youth programme running throughout the year called “Young Lions”, which aims to empower youth to actively participate in the South African democratic dispensation.

The programme links youth from different backgrounds, and encourages debate and dialogue amongst youth across cultural, racial and class boundaries on Political and Socio-economic issues. The project promotes Human Rights, gender equity and the privileges of living in a democratic society.

The many workshops, which took place at the SAMGI offices in Cape Town between February and June, lead up to the Youth Summit on June the 15th in Claremont to celebrate youth day. The summit aimed to engage representatives from various government departments to provide responses to the issues raised by the participants at the previous workshops on how their programmes seek to address youth development challenges.

Busses came from Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Mitchell's Plain, Langa, Nyanga and Atlantis with youth representing organisations and themselves on board ready to tackle hard hitting concerns arising from their every day lives.

From the gruelling sessions, nine commissions were set up and a commissioner was chosen to represent from each. Examples of some of the commissions were, Crime, Education, Substance abuse, Gender Transformation and HIV and Aids.

Government representatives for each commission except for Gender equity were present at the summit to answer any questions that may be put forward to them from the youth present at the summit.

The day was a huge success, and the coverage from mainstream media was exceptional. In the Summit Statement, which will form the basis for campaigns to be launched during the 16 Days of Activism, the youth acknowledged those members of communities who are striving to create a better environment for youth and aimed to be faithful to themselves and also to develop themselves.

It was really a memorable event on the SAMGI calendar for 2005.