Should We or Should We Not Celebrate June 16?

For those of you who don't have an idea of what "Youth Day" or "Youth Month" is, here is why in South Africa we have June as Youth Month, while the 16th as Youth Day:

On June 16 1976, in this once not so beautiful country of ours high school kids took to the streets to match against what was called Bantu Education- a lower standard education system which was designed by the leaders of the then government, the Apartheid regime (a government policy for segregating people based on colour and race), under the National Party, these youth were also fighting the use of the Afrikaans language as a medium of instruction in schools. The match was, reportedly, a peaceful one- but all turned sour when the Apartheid police opened fire on the harmless school kids killing and terrebly injuring many.

16 June was declared a public holiday and is celebrated by some in this country, while others commemorate it.

One question I wish I could ask all of you is: should this day be commemorated or celebrated?
Not that I don't have an answer to this question, and also, not that I want any of you to answer me! What I want you( if you are South African) to do is ask yourself this question and provide yourself with the answer which I'd like you to support with valid reason while reflecting on what happened on this day. After doing this as yourself again: Should we, as South Africans who understand what happened on this day and why it happened, celebrate or commemorate June 16?
For those who first, before considering what happened on June 16 and why it happened, thought that we should CELEBRATE this very sore day in our history, is your answer still the same?
I bet not- unless you REALLY understand what went down in Soweto, and some parts of the country that day.

I, personally, think that June 16 should be COMMEMORATED rather than celebrated, on this day every year in South Africa there should be youth upliftment programmes and the money that is wasted on "commemoration concerts" should be spent on bursaries and internships for the disadvantaged youth in South Africa, as I said in Daily Sun on Wednesday, 4th June this year. And please may I not be misunderstood when I say "disadvantaged", by this I don't mean Black, White, or Indian; by this I mean those who are disadvantaged in a sense that they cannot afford paying their way through tertiary education and lacking the skills needed for their particular career paths.

And to the youth of South Africa I have the following paragraph for you:

Since souls such as Tsietsi Mashinini, Hector Pieterson, and others fought the battle of liberation and up-to-standard education, yours is a struggle against HIV/AIDS, Drug and Alcohol abuse, Teenage pregnancy, living a better life, being a role model, and last but not least, turning your country's economy in the directions of prosperity. Just like the June 16 struggle and all the the other struggles in our history, this is not going to be easy. But we all owe it to those who past away so we can be free from the red burning chains of Apartheid. It all starts with you!
Let's make South Africa better!