As we put your questions politicians from around to your opinion and across the political spectrum in our special debate well be hearing from young europeans voting for the first time in the new elections voicing their biggest concern face to face is. Answer to you on. This news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. To go to the polls on the ruling see its live in court will meet. With conditions. You know. This ability does not inability means to be only female paralympic athletes pushing
the boundaries used to prove that a person with a disability can. Welcome to the Program South africans pairing to vote in the president ial election which is the most closely contested since the end of the apartheid era the see the African National congress. Ruled the country since One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Four but its fortunes. Since then Nelson Mandela won nearly sixty three percent of the vote in that fast free election in one thousand one to four supports pete. On the. Just. As you can see the table behind me now since then its steadily. The question. Whether the a. N. C. Led by several. Kind of reverse the downward trend. With one supporter who takes stock of the last twenty five yes. Now cement in a bridge in johannesburg. A. N. C. Election ban is crowd the overpass symbolic of the partys dominant support base in this region. Wizzy causa is an a. N. C. Supporter were outside the clinic in seoul weeks away she voted in the One Thousand Nine Hundred Four election she still has vivid memories of that day the excitement was such that You Didnt Care whether it is long but you just wanted to be seen to be there there were cameras around as all wanted to be seen in the cameras so i tried to make a mark to say that we are doing it in the five years that will follow it would be the a. N. C. Led by Nelson Mandela ruling a democratic south africa. Outside his home in soweto now
a tourist attraction. Because of recalls how the lives of black south africans changing. Them and then let you have a trainer brought a whole lot of excitement for me as an individual it probably assisted me in changing professions i had been and mess and in missing for quite a long time and opportunities that are out there gave me a moment to apply to move from the Public Sector to join the corporate in leicester. The successes would continue after mandela the first election post his presidency the a. N. C. Had a strong is showing at the polls yes a strong black middle class was emerging that means many black south africans like calls were able to move from townships next whistle to suburbs in Two Thousand And Four which was during and tell me is the economy was there now we have received Growth People who are only says in companies through their employment by
the Two Thousand And Nine election with jacob zuma at the hound cracks had emerged. Theyve been a breakaway from The Agency Corruption was rife and the hope the Liberation Movement once inspired was fading for the first time the party lost support at the polls those losses would extend in the twenty fourteen election but cause continued to vote for the a. N. C. I didnt support him i was definitely behind him but no. Ive tried pretty. Good this week. And President Putin is a member its difficult to for a. Long does. He remain loyal to is going to point out the wrong. Thing to set up with the a. N. C. Having lost support in the last two consecutive elections watches will be looking
to this poll to see if the party will continue its declines or if its promise of a restored image will be enough to pull back both is good or bad. Joining me now from Johannesburg South africa is my colleague christine. Christine. Sure now from the report was that we may. See how widespread is that in the party. Eddy the whole point of getting into office before jacob even ended was to really reignite voters all supporters of the party who had now thought twice and thought about defecting and not voting for the party the whole idea was to send the message that the party is changing course that its back on the right direction and that new leadership is coming in refreshing leadership that up also has a very good record and the idea was that it would reignite supporters who were no
longer interested in supporting the n. C. And in fact in ways case that appears to have worked you told me offline that had im opposed to not secure the presidency she would not have voted for the a. N. C. Today so it seems to have worked for a lot of people in fact theres a term that was going around in south africa phoria to basically try and capture what was his presidency did but of course only the poll results come when State Election would really be telling as to how much that room before he has a real face in terms of translating into support bring back into this party like you rightly said the Party Supports the former president zuma and is. The man to plan things around how. It be a lot of south africans are pinning their hopes on and i say a lot of south africans because the majority of this country in the possible actions as weve seen are a. N. C. Supporters these people say that im of course having a clean record hes a businessman he knows about Investment Job Creation in fact hes one of the
wealthiest people in south africa so they think that hes Business Acumen the connections hes made the fact that hes a leader that has been embraced by the International Community having a clean record so christine the second Largest Opposition Party that. Is gaining support mainly because he wants to return to blacks. Whites gun owners know what impact is you have on the elections and what is the position on the. Its been one of the trump cons of this election really its one of the reasons why be if it has the message that it has resonated with so many young people taking away the young pushes from the African National congress you know that in its Two Thousand And Seventeen want to see Conference Day and see a jump to the same policy which is not taking that land without compensation people
that its been slow to enact that so the feeling is that while the a. N. C. Since the mrs if thats what it do thats not what its really going to do the answer is being done in twenty five years now the rate at which its taking its giving back the land to black south africans is very slow so even though its part of the aids policy that is a living its a skeptical about the a. N. C. But that has been a big factor especially for young people who are finding themselves without work here. Briefly before you see this election to be the last easy win for the a. N. C. So fast forward what is at stake if more support than this one. If you were talking about a party thats enjoyed Landslide Victories at the elections in the last five that in the last year the fact that it happened in this country and theyve been comfortable wins with the African National congress the stakes are high what they see once hes maintained its two thirds majority that is sixty percent of the electorate and that is it race at the moment do just about sixty one percent as we
speak and so crucial for the agency is to maintain that majority in parliament and that is in jeopardy and this is the most hotly contested election for the aids. And enjoy your time there. Is obscene young is again the only female paralympic athlete she was the countrys flag bearer at the london twenty twelve games and next goal is to represent the gum the games in tokyo twenty twenty she does lifting takes on basketball all of these without any Financial Support within the team she is the only woman in fact that is often from the on. Restrictions of the Mud To Muslim Gun but the single mom of two keeps pushing the boundaries she showed up disabled people kept. Isa to nyang is the gambia is only female paralympic athlete she was born with an impairment and both her legs four times
a week plays basketball the training a chance to bond with other disabled people who often feel ostracized from society Many Gambians feel that men and women should not train together but he said to sees it differently. That the basketball players hope that one day they will all be able to compete at the power limpid games together at the moment there arent enough funds to send the whole team abroad the gambia provides no money for power and pick our fleet meaning they rely on sponsors to fund their travels and training. He said too often encounters obstacles on her way home. She shares a house with a dozen other Family Members isa two is a single mother of two she married at eighteen and got divorced eight years ago her family continues to support her since discrimination against disabled people is
right and he said to struggles to find work. For disabled people here. That need to go outside and get across even if you have your application to go and drop it the moment that you are dead to look for money. And give your money and. Stand to listen to your explanation or whatever you want to do. So every morning at six am eastern to sits on the roadside and asks passers by from money she does this for three hours every day making around three euros in the gambia does not provide welfare for people like the setter. Basketball isnt the only discipline to wants to compete and shes also a we left her. She can train here for free she comes several times a. Day this is in london this is my fourth. Athletics participation and. I came out fifth yeah i was more happy that i did because its the first time i have these sent in to gambia. Dear to him to six. Games because the one who used to sponsor me did not. Have the money to be made me lose thats why i could not make it to dig games. There is still an uphill struggle to qualify for the Paralympic Games in tokyo he said needs to train hard and find a sponsor but despite the many obstacles she faces she Still Believes she can make it. That said from africa you can catch all our stories on our website on
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