South Africa’s youth — people aged between 15 and 34 — account for 36% of the country’s population, according to Statistics South Africa. In addition, the country’s median age is 26.3. More than a third of the population are youth and most of them live in urban centres. Based on what has happened over the last few years, our youth are angry.
Politically, the country could be going the wrong way. Senior government officials are in their 50s, 60s and 70s with isolated cases of those in their 30s and 40s. The youth are not sure if this makes sense, because shouldn’t Parliament be representative of the population it is serving? The youth have voted for parties they think will address issues which, in a nutshell, are summarised as jobs, jobs and more jobs. Nothing else matters for the youth right now. They want to exist in a country where, if they obtain an educational qualification today, they’re able to secure a job as soon as tomorrow.
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