View some of the photographs taken during US President Barack Obama Town Hall-style meeting with young African leaders in Soweto yesterday.
GALLERY: Obama addresses SA youth in Soweto
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U.S President Barack Obama addressed young Africans at the University of Johannesburg, Soweto campus. He highlighted the importance of African integration in the global world. He discussed the strategic importance of Africa to the US. Photo: Thuletho Zwane
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President Obama said the story of the "June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising" inspired him in the same way it inspired South Africans. Photo: Thuletho Zwane
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Sydney from Limpopo asked President Obama about US foreign policy especially around the environment. Photo: Thuletho Zwane
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President Obama: We will have to engage in solutions that improve Africa. The future will depend on creating value in Africa. Photo: Thuletho Zwane
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President Obama said it was not optimal to visit Kenya because Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is currently facing crimes against humanity charges at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). Photo: Dinesh Balliah.
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Shaka Sisulu, founding member of Cheesekids and an ANC Youth League interim committee member singing Shosholoza. Photo: Dinesh Balliah
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President Obama said his interest was to see Africa not only being an exporter of raw material but needs to benefit from the profits generated by its exports. Photo: Dinesh Balliah
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Invited guests included Patrice Motsepe, South Africa’s first black billionaire who donated $1.2 million in a move to help rid poverty and unemployment in rural areas of Cape Town. Photo: Dinesh Balliah
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Co-founder of @YouthLabZA Mabine Seabe joins in the singing and chanting before Obama took to the stage. Photo: Dinesh Balliah.
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Also in attendance were Basetsana Khumalo, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings. And Peggy-Sue Khumalo, an Investment Banker of Investec Bank Limited. They are both former Miss South Africa's 1994 and 1996 respectively. Photo: Dinesh Balliah
