Elections: Young Women

1 April, 2009

I think the political system of our country is really getting out of hand. Especially when it comes to the Julias Malema angle he does not have the power and attitude that we need to make our country stronger. The only thing which he does best is to criticize other politicians, what sort of reputation does he give to other politicians out of South Africa? When our very own people are fighting amongst each other?

Dear Mr president

1 April, 2009

I'm a young South African and i'm very much concerned about my country, a lot has happened in South Africa lately since we got democracy in our country.We saw some development since then because the are people who now leave in houses, have water & electricity in their homes but still
this is not enough because majority of South Africans still lives in shacks & mud houses.I ask my self who should I blame for this slow governing the president,counsellors,mayors, or me because South Africa is also my country.

My Choice on Voting

12 March, 2009

Most of my peers couldn't care about elections, the government or its issues. Excitingly enough, most of us simply live to pay rent, going out and 'networking' looking for 'connections'. For the longest time I didn't know who the acting president was after Mr Thabo Mbeki. Call it ignorance, if you want to, but I feel there is enough going on in our homes and communities. I feel that I have the potential to change small things by taking one step at a time and those small steps will make a difference for at least one person or two. My decision to never vote came after I had registered for the first time for the municipal elections in 2005. In the Eastern Cape, service delivery sucks. Everything is quiet for an entire three or four years then mayors and counsellors come out of the wood works to make promises. Community projects began and very few organisations could manage to get funding for projects, those which did were very hard to participate in. During the same year I discovered how much money was sent back to the Finance Department because it wasn't 'needed'.