Young people make up the bulk of South Africa’s population, yet they are hardly present in our formal politics. In fact, most of our national leaders are in, or near, retirement age. That massive gap does not bode well for our common future.
While there are many dynamics driving our politics at the moment, the age profile of our population is at risk of being under-examined, or almost ignored.
If one of the core duties of parents is to ensure their children have a better life than they did, we have failed as a generation and as a nation. This may help to explain what Professor Steven Friedman has called “the hole in our politics”, which he defines as the problem facing people who used to vote for the ANC. The “hole” is the fact that there is no obvious party for them to vote for.that, “The quality of leadership we are providing to our people in our province… and we came to a conclusion that maybe it is not the best and maybe we can do maybe more”.
The current Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, was in Cabinet for 17 years before becoming the Speaker. Angie Motshekga has been the Basic Education Minister for 12 consecutive years.
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