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The 23 million South Africans who chose not to vote last time are closer to anarchism than they think | Mail & Guardian | SA News

On 29 May 2024, 16.29 million South Africans voted. That was 58.64% of the 27.78 million registered voters, the lowest turnout of any general election since 1994. But registration is itself a filter. Measured against the voting-age population, turnout was about 41%, down from 86% in 1994, and the number of eligible adults who never registered has grown from roughly 7 million in 2014 to roughly 11 million today.

Estimates of the voting-age population range from 39.7 million to 41.4 million. Between 23 million and 25 million adults did not vote in 2014. The ANC, still the largest party, won 6.46 million votes, roughly one in six eligible adults. Those who stayed away outnumbered the…

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