Toliara’s Gen Z commemorates 2025 protests
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Members of Gen Z in Toliara, Madagascar, and local authorities gathered to remember the socio-political movement of September 25, 2025.
One year ago, young people in Toliara joined protests that began in the capital city, Antananarivo. They marched from the Maninday campus to the city center and occupied the square in front of the Sea Garden, renaming it “Democracy Square” to demand better governance.
Yesterday, the group repeated the march, starting at the Maninday campus and ending at Democracy Square on Monja Jaona Avenue. Young people and Gen Z representatives, some now holding local government positions, like Bréchard Amerindroy, Regional Director of Population and Solidarity, and Ricot Tovonaikely, Regional Director of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, unveiled a commemorative stele and gave speeches. The stele features a rounded shape topped with a depiction of a young person raising a fist, a symbol of social protest.
Tondraha Razaha, President of the Special Delegation of the Urban Commune of Toliara, and Serge Vital, Second Vice-President, attended the event, where speakers emphasized the movement’s role in the country’s rebuilding.
