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Young people stay home on voters day

Fewer young people are registering and turning out to vote

Young people are showing less and less interest in local government elections.
In 2005, 30% of 18 and 19-year-olds surveyed by the IEC said they were registered to vote. In 2021, it was only 15%.
According to the same survey, 49% of 20 to 24-year-olds in 2021 were registered, compared to 57% in 2005, while 79% of 25 to 34-year-olds were registered in 2021, compared to 86% in 2005.

Young people are also less likely than older people to actually turn out on election day. Among people aged 18 and 19, 71% of registered voters turned out in 2021. This may seems impressive, but remember only about 15% of this age group were registered, according to the IEC survey. So…

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  1. An retired elderly couple visit London..

    They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.

    The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?

    Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..

    The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.

    \”What did he say?\”

    The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”

    The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”

    The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”

    The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.

    The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.

    The wife smiles and nods.