To vote or not to vote: Elections spark conversation on social media as #ActivateYouthVote2019 trends
SA youth took to Twitter on Wednesday to have a heated conversation about the importance of voting come May 8. The 2019 general elections are just 20 days away, and conversations around the day are gaining momentum on social media platforms.
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Whether it's contemplating whether or not to vote, or trying to decide on who to vote for, South Africans are not letting the conversation die down.
Free higher education, a corruption-free country, equality and workplace transformation are some of the main topics being debated on Twitter right now.
#ACTIVATEYouthVote2019
— GODWIN RATIKWANE (@godwinratikwane) April 17, 2019
Dear black child, if you are not participating in the elections, we'll make the choices that will impact your future without your consent... Just bear that in mind pic.twitter.com/67a9UPhOzi
#ACTIVATEYouthVote2019 I'm one of the people who will be voting on 08 May #ACTIVATEYouthVote2019
— TYRONE MKANSI (@Tyrone_Mkansi) April 17, 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 We need to vote to disallow the racial divisive nature of the current government. A new gov will allow to b demographic, fair representation regardless of the color of skin.
— Constitutional Black. 👨🎓 (@Lipra_LM) April 17, 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 Voting makes an impact. We have seen this in 2016 Local Elections. It's only in this way we can hold Officials accountable to us.
— Constitutional Black. 👨🎓 (@Lipra_LM) April 17, 2019
Come May, let's vote for the capable and decisive leadership #ACTIVATEYouthVote2019
— TYRONE MKANSI (@Tyrone_Mkansi) April 17, 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 We must refrain from giving Majority to one org. You may not care now, but you will in 5 years. 2/3 majority has been a downfall in post democratic state.
— Constitutional Black. 👨🎓 (@Lipra_LM) April 17, 2019
1994 we voted for our freedom, now we need to vote for our survival #ActivateYouthVote2019
— DailyBJ's (@BoringJokesSA) April 17, 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 I am a born free and I shall exercise my right to vote.
— Thabsile Ndlela (@ThabyNdlela98) April 17, 2019
08 May 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 i will be Voting for the second time 😊😊😊
— NoT HumBle (@selokelamokgawa) April 17, 2019
Look at the power shift from the ANC to a DA led government and the eagerness to self correct from the ANC, this is all thanks to all those that came out to vote in 2016 #ActivateYouthVote2019
— Sexy Slender Activist🇿🇦🇿🇼🇨🇺 (@Bosula_12) April 17, 2019
#ActivateYouthVote2019 We vote for Free and Decolonised Education. We vote better service delivery. We vote Economic Freedom. We vote for better Health Care, Equality. We vote for Land. Land is wealth, Land is life. We Vote for the future of our kids. 🙏
— Constitutional Black. 👨🎓 (@Lipra_LM) April 17, 2019
Youth let’s take back our power and vote on 8 May 2019 #ActivateYouthVote2019
— #VoteEFF8May (@carmelosegopolo) April 17, 2019
Voting must be like paying tax, once you 18 you must vote #ActivateYouthVote2019
— Sexy Slender Activist🇿🇦🇿🇼🇨🇺 (@Bosula_12) April 17, 2019