LGE2021 | Disappointed and apathetic Soweto youth boycott elections
A group of five youngsters between the ages of 20 and 23 chose to use the park opposite the iconic high school to smoke water pipes and play music, making it clear to the City Press team that they were not going to vote.
“I don’t see a future [for us], as all of the people who govern us are old – there is no politician that I can relate to.” “I’ve been struggling with funding ever since I enrolled two years ago, yet we were told about free education.”
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