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Melissa Chemam

South Africa's 2024 Elections: young voters and the legacy of apartheid

Democratic Alliance (DA) party's Chris Pappas, municipality mayor and KwaZulu Natal premier candidate, with a potential voter during the Democratic Alliance (DA) voter engagement walkabout at the Chatsworth Centre in Durban on 4 May 2024 ahead of the 2024 South African general elections. AFP - RAJESH JANTILAL

South Africa is holding general and provincial elections on 29 May. In this episode of Spotlight on Africa, we look at young people and the elections and how the country has changed since the end of apartheid in 1994.

First, we talked to the director of the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, Ivor Ichikowitz, who outlines the impact of corruption in South Africa and why the youth vote will be important.

We also talked to Mary Paccard and Vincent Jackson, two South Africans living in France, who discuss how and why they campaigned for the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, from abroad.


Episode mixed by Vincent Pora.

Spotlight on Africa is a podcast from Radio France Internationale.

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