This news africa coming out in the next fifteen minutes. And seaweeds to find out how strong. This effects test at the polls. And his promise of a fresh start with corruption inside the box will not be enough to meet. The people in south africa to get jobs closer to. Have a nice day because other people move. To cuba also coming out stressing zones of young women in politics you need to young some young politician whos for change and go ahead hunch. Welcome to the program so africas govern an African National Congress Faces a nail biting wait for the official results of wednesdays general elections the
final results are not expected before the weekend but its clear the psychologically important sixty percent plus of the vote may be out of reach for the party which has led south africa since the end of apartheid will go to pretoria to look at the Big Questions imagine as a result become the era of fest this report. Life in south africa is back to the daily routines after a by and large smooth election. As free and fair now its an agonizing wait whilst being counted and percentages at the independent Electoral Commission results at changing by the minute. President s are in the process just after casting his vote here still confident about voters supporting the main see. They can see that with their vote. On your door. Youre beginning at a new at the period of three new police force
a period of hope. For many thats what trauma process stands for he replaced former president jacob zuma who was forced out last year of a corruption scandals. Corruption got into the way the turn age got into the way and not focusing on the needs of our people got into the way. And is the country struggles with corruption crime poverty economic stagnation and an official Unemployment Rate at twenty seven percent peoples wishes a down to the essentials zero would be a drop you know for the people that are employed. Hope to get something up to each. State who probably dont have jobs those kind of time hoping that they could get to this jobs stop corruption which is the main course in a. Victory for the a. N. C. Is assured but if the party wants to halt the slide in support these are the concerns they quickly have to deliver on. For more on this im joined by a professor. Hes chair of the department of Political Sciences at the University Of South Africa In Pretoria Professor thank you very much for your time now as the results come in its clear that the a. N. C. Has lost even more support maybe not as much a spirit but how long can they rely on old loyalties as the National Liberation movement. That month of the whole of the Liberation Movement the month by that we have liberated you is the African National congress we have been in previous elections for instance in the twenty four and elections and even beyond the time when they saw president jacob zuma to whom Two Thousand And Nine in my view is not at the out they tend because they have their current generation. Important for these these are the ones who are on during the time of my Nelson Mandela presidency just alsa ninety ninety four many of them in the twentys twenty five years old its a you dont associate with this Liberation Month you know but i think that because the had you dont have any other connection or because of leaving joining up so it goes out the ones that you were defeated in the age with this Liberation Month and many of us including them says that we conduct suggests that you know that. Metaphor or that month is quite outdated because if you look in the region not only in Zimbabwe Zambia and other countries. Its almost as much weight nowadays ok the a. N. C. Run the company in saying that theres. Corruption how else could they have. To gain support for the party. One way. To use what we call the im all for meaning that. The happiness. Because as you as i hit it in your. Lives he was talking about that when you say that hes been talking about since november twenty eighth during the African National conference here in johannesburg where he announced this new dawn so apparently i associate you with a you know every invention of the agency and that is the message that you have yet if used to move away from the old tie at nine years off last year is the quality in some of the god of jacob zuma that he said didnt you honestly shes the one that they have used to say we have a new president is going to fight corruption hes going to deal with the legacy of the past trustee give us a chance out of this now according to early results the democrats. Have not really taken advantage of the fallen support for the a. N. C. Why is that you think. On the one hand the Democratic Alliance carries a baggage it is increasingly being. Built into a multimission. Sense of the party however it does and it doesnt thats one thing if you know the significance of all it all five its mostly black youth and the middle class however it cannot shake off this degree of being a party that you know most of us today and which is of white people with a one thats more white minority in south africa and therefore there is mistrust among them and mostly. About the way that this party is that genuinely multiracial. Or with aids just in white in disguise come into that you have. To guess my name if nobody has this Fire Authority we seize their right to two
million tents for some of them of course the end of one just trust to those they believe that they need such an agency you know company and so on but some of these measures have been just to meet intended to run the kind of the you know reform is there you know sector of the society so to that extent thats why they have not managed to cash into a lot of the agency ok professor. Shell the department of Political Science is a University Of South Africa pretoria thank you very much thank you. Now across africa young women rising through the ranks in politics and business. Young people ministers and. Many celebrated ten point Government Ministers held by women but its another story for Village Councils where young people and especially women badly represented we met with a young. In the way for change in their country. Twenty
six. Youngest two hundred pounds lot in from visiting a village the young politician is received euphoric late she currently re presents Fifteen Thousand people shes part of a minority at the moment shes hopeful that other young women will follow footsteps. So that. Women. Present yet. You know so that the people of the country are yeah first arrived here three years ago to gain practical experience as a social worker. Impressed with how she engaged with the women and children so they asked her to run in the consulate election but the old west talks against heart
from the beginning the other male candidate harvest and even physically threatened because Leadership Roles often passed down within the same family some felt that was stealing something that was rightfully theirs and. People from the other party going to make a phone dont vote for this person or dont vote for these foreign girl you dont even know it is coming for all shes just a small little gal and she just does it to you as a councillor i should not do anything and. Dont come right through. Throw stones on the roof and. But i said im going to win i am going to win because the women really have supported me in this is what why i am saying that women really vote and they support because they want things to change i dont buy this word to mug obama is situated in the rural ask it of the capitalists during
her time as a counsellor was able to channel extra funds into my go to kickstart new Infrastructure Projects she also helped Seven Hundred schoolchildren get study loans and is firmly against Child Marriage unsurprisingly shes now pretty popular among how questi too and its well that we dont know when our thanks to that guy that comes to have that good and i sort of he has as a lot of caution news as well and she has an open yeah there are problems in your life but im a Mock Up Tonight and jennifer and i my. We are happy with how we work with the community she is a good young lady and want to have to continue helping even old people like myself. With just nine percent zambia is one of the worst countries when it comes to female representation in politics and its even harder for young people although half of the population is under thirty five only for parliamentarians three percent
this Group Stanley canonical kubel is one of them he thinks its time that young people start making their voices heard what we are seeing now is a stage of young people trying to assume Political Leadership and i think that is important for africa because naturally the youth come with a different kind of energy a different kind of innovation and thats critical for the transformation were pushing for the africa that gives even our democracies a good chance to really be to be strong because you see there is this stance for setting changes that have kept huge political powers in africa in place for a long time and that can only be changed. When there is new blood new ideas and pushing that agenda. Back in the mongo bill is handing out Water County Status but not everyone appreciates the guest for years politicians would give away money as a form of vote buying source some of the locals were hoping for more but bloomberg
is up to mistake that the next generation of leaders want to simply be judged by the size of their wallets why didnt want that young people young womens shoes what about you and this is why i think what we have that. We have. We have that they knew the mindset that we are a new generation and if i dont do it now but you know what if its bad i cant come up with that will eventually bloomberg gives him and also distributes some money after all peoples are to change slowly and there is still a long and difficult road ahead for obama and other Young African police but progress is already being met. Thats it for now from south africa you can catch all our stories from our web site on the Facebook Page so next time its by far not. The
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