SA's youth is active, we need to be heard, included, IEC seminar hears | News24

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has received backlash for its lack of visibility and promotion relating to its youth-centred seminars set on making voting look cool to encourage the 14 million unregistered young people to participate.

The crowd, consisting mainly of young adults and students, urged the Gauteng IEC to apply different methods such as radio, newspapers, and various other modes of communication beyond social media to announce its initiatives.

Set on transforming the current statistics and breaking the barriers which have limited the participation of young people, it held a Youth Unplugged Seminar at the Soweto Theatre on Tuesday.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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