South Africa
South Africa’s young voters said they hope for more jobs and a change in the distribution of resources, just one day after voting in the country’s national and provincial elections.
Many young South Africans complained about a lack of jobs, high crime rates, corruption and poor public services – issues the governing African National Congress has promised to address.
Young South Africans made up the majority of eligible voters who did not register to vote in the May 8 elections, raising concerns over apathy barely a generation after many of their parents won the right to vote for the first time.
Numbers released by the Electoral Commission of South Africa, indicated that nearly 27 million people registered to vote.
It however expressed concerns about 9.8 million eligible voters did not register.
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