Newsletter| Social media expert Tebogo Ditshego says social media will have a telling effect on voting patterns of South Africans. However, despite political parties' increased presence on social media, it has failed to translate into registration to vote
Social media expert Tebogo Ditshego said it was undisputed that social media would have a telling effect on voting patterns of South Africans.This has not stopped, for example, President Cyril Ramaphosa from taking to Twitter.
During the 2014 elections, there were just over 600 000 individuals between the ages of 18 and 19 registered to vote. “The youth make up the demographic that largely participates on social media, however, even with this political engagement, it has failed to translate into registration to vote ... as shown by the recent IEC stats,” said Ditshego.ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula, also active on Twitter, said social media had become a way to “inform and engage with their electorate”, the advantage being that it was “not one-directional. We have seen an increase in the youth engaging with us.
It is the EFF with 727 000 followers and its leader Julius Malema with 2.3 million that have the most followers on Twitter, in spite of having joined later than the ANC and DA.
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