Youth shun vote 25 years after SA's first free election.
Of those between the ages of 18 and 30, more than half are missing from the electoral roll 25 years since Nelson Mandela came to power in the first multi-racial elections.
Ahead of polling day, two"born frees" - those born after the end of apartheid - spoke to AFP about why they won't be voting.Aged 22, More is a business student who lives in a residential suburb of Johannesburg with his mother, a fervent supporter of the ruling African National Congress . "A year ago, I would have told you I'm very supportive of the EFF ," he said. "They are the voice, the opinion of the youth, because the youth is enraged, the youth is angry - the EFF is representative of all that.
"The other political parties are too politically correct ... and the EFF does not really care about that. That is appealing. "But I question their intentions because, on one hand, they do voice our opinions, but at the same time they drive fancy cars, they are always at these fancy celebrations. I don't know where I stand with that.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Youth shun vote 25 years after SA's first free electionAbout 6-million young South Africans are not registered to vote in the May 8 election - a large swathe of the generation who grew up after the end of apartheid in 1994.
Read more »
50 at 25: SA has so much potential - but poor leaders, says Makhosini MgitywaTwenty-five years of democracy is a milestone that South Africans are grappling to understand. Eyewitness News spoke to 50-year-old South Africans, who have lived half their lives in apartheid and the other half in democracy, for some perspective. Makhosini Mgitywa is one of those.
Read more »
WATCH: SA youth choir delights fellow passengers with impromptu performance aboard delayed flight to Atlanta
Read more »
PICS: Fancy R500 pure gold coin to commemorate SA's 25 years of democracySouth African Mint commemorates 25 years of constitutional democracy with a new collectable range. Fancy R500 pure gold coin, one of three new mints released to commemorate SA's 25 years of democracy
Read more »
#FreedomDay: 25 years after apartheid South Africans still not free, says Ramaphosa | IOL NewsLarge swathes of population still aren't free given poverty, high unemployment and the scourge of corruption affecting SA, ...
Read more »
25 years in prison for ex-Florida policeman who shot black motoristA former Florida police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for fatally shooting a black man whose car had broken down on the highway.
Read more »
Thriving South Korea a reminder of SA's failures 25 years into democratic ruleOPINION | 'To visit a country like South Korea as a South African is to be haunted by our backwardness as black people.' - Prince Mashele.
Read more »
Mondli Makhanya: Why Klaas de Jonge matters today, 25 years into democracyNewsletter| Mondli Makhanya recently spent time with an individual South Africans need to be reminded of: Klaas de Jonge, a Dutch national who immersed himself so deeply into SA’s liberation struggle that he was deemed a prime enemy by the apartheid state
Read more »
25 years of democracy has brought free education: Mathabatha - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha says 25 years of democracy have brought free education and access to health care.
Read more »