Political Communication | Mail & Guardian Top 200 🇿🇦| AU Youth Reference Committee, #BUKA & #IPS Alumni
Worth a watch.. I had a few aha 💡moments while watching and resonated most with the tension of what the “Tintswalo” narrative means for many of us “born-frees” (especially those of us who may feel guilty/lucky in relating to that narrative). Who are the born frees anyway? I suspect iYouth endala born pre 94 resonate with a lot of the born free challenges and tensions. I digresss…(discussion for another day)🫢 I’ve always been fascinated with what can be easily reduced to “just” voter apathy but clearly tends to manifest itself as people staying away from the “structural” democratic process. Those said people are often invested in democracy itself and even promote it. So why then to they stay away from the ballot box? It will be interesting to see what the results will look like if more young people translate their frustration, ideas and solutions into votes in the next election. 👀One thing remains consistent even in global voter behaviour patterns , you can’t leave young people out of this discussion (and providing the solutions).
On 11 June the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) in cooperation with KAS hosted a post-elections dialogue, Reflections on the 2024 General Elections: The Youth’s Perspective which over 100 participants attended. Our Resident Representative Gregor Jaecke was accompanied by our Deputy, Dr Christoph Wiedenroth, and highlighted that it is worth remembering that we as citizens make the options and that it is up to us to fill parties with life between elections and make parties grounded in our realities and interests. The dialogue recording can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/d4AhTRdG CANRAD is located at Nelson Mandela University and provides an intellectual and social space for debate on the complexities of post-apartheid South Africa as we seek to establish a new non-racial and democratic social and economic order. Please be encouraged to contact them should you be interested in their work using the links in the comment section. #KAS4Democracy
