Project's Kairos
South Africans will be voting for a new government and/or president in the year 2019. Subsequently, the findings and relevance of this project will be informative and influential to the voting process. It is at this time that the plans to improve the situation must be taken with urgency; therefore, also indicating a need to obtain informed and researched analyses. The year 2017 marks a critical point for the current government because, in the previous year, the ANC lost a significant percentage of voters in the provincial elections. Thus, highlighting the possibility of the same results coming up again in the 2019 national and presidential elections.
This project, by exploring and finding the root cause for the unemployment imbalance in South Africa, has a potential to indicate that the majority of voters, which are the youth* may negatively affect the poll results. Having a job in South Africa is viewed as an achievement **; Black South Africans study and obtain degrees because of the belief that education will enable them to find employment. Therefore, if the youth are unsatisfied due to lack of employment or opportunities, the voting results may also be affected.
*Maswili, B. "Born Free in South Africa." 2014. Fieldworker, 2(5). Print.
**Cohen, T. and Moodley, L."Achieving "decent work" in South Africa?." 2012. PER, 15(2). Ptint.
This project, by exploring and finding the root cause for the unemployment imbalance in South Africa, has a potential to indicate that the majority of voters, which are the youth* may negatively affect the poll results. Having a job in South Africa is viewed as an achievement **; Black South Africans study and obtain degrees because of the belief that education will enable them to find employment. Therefore, if the youth are unsatisfied due to lack of employment or opportunities, the voting results may also be affected.
*Maswili, B. "Born Free in South Africa." 2014. Fieldworker, 2(5). Print.
**Cohen, T. and Moodley, L."Achieving "decent work" in South Africa?." 2012. PER, 15(2). Ptint.