By: Zethu Gweva
Disgruntled youth chose not to exercise their right to cast their vote for the Local Government Elections on Monday.
Some of the South African youth did not vote for various reasons and according to Akhona Tshombe it is because she has been unemployed for four years and she has been in and out of internships she saw no point in voting.
“I did not cast my vote due to my struggles of finding employment and university fees that I still can not pay back although we were promised free education,” said Tshombe.
In addition, a source who wanted to remain Anonymous said she did not vote because she does not benefit from politics and she does not necessarily see why she should be enthusiastic about voting.
“We’re basically making rich people richer and we’re just there, at the bottom of the food chain, singing struggle songs for people who later, after elections need bodyguards to be protected from the very same voters who put them there,” she said.
She said the other reason she opted not to vote is that she got tired of it being told that people should be grateful for RDP houses by officials who own bathrooms the size of that very same house.
When asked how Anonymous expects change without voting she said change is not dependent on her vote. It is dependent on the individuals put in place to bring about that change.
“If a position is given to a candidate, they know the specs of the job and it is up to them to carry them out. Character plays an essential role in leadership. We vote for individuals who already have their moral campus shaped,” she said.
Anonymous added It is therefore not her responsibility to make it less narrow.
“My vote will not shape your character and it will not make a difference,” she said.