Black and white poster for International Children's Day on 1st June 1983. Blocks with various images of people and children.
Archive record
Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight

- Origin date
- 31 March 1980
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116849
South African History Online (2016) ' Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116849 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116849, (accessed 22 July 2026).
" Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116849. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Children are the flowers of our struggle and the principal reason for our fight ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116849.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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