The IEC’s electoral officer in KZN, Ntombifuthi Masinga says about 40% of the province's youth who are eligible to vote are not registered on the voters roll.
File Photo: A voting booth is set up for demonstration purposes, showing the logo of the Independent Electoral Commission .File Photo: A voting booth is set up for demonstration purposes, showing the logo of the Independent Electoral Commission .
However, some young people in KwaZulu-Natal say empty promises by politicians in the past have discouraged them to participate in elections. Potential youth voters, Zilungisele Zulu and Jabulile Cebekhulu, say they are keen to vote in next year’s general elections, and they explain why. “I do not see the need to vote anymore, there are a lot of unemployed graduates, I am speaking about people who were promised job creation if they vote, but that never happened, I fear I am also going to become a statistics as well after I have completed my studies. I don’t think it is important to vote anymore because politicians make empty promises while campaigning but once elected they do not deliver on their promises.
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