this is africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. and seaweeds to find out how strong. is the first test of the polls for sarah and his promise of a fresh start with corruption inside the box will that be enough to make. the people in south africa get jobs because they think that they're willing to work you but. i haven't met other people who lived. through q. because they're coming out stressing the importance of young women in politics to me to young sound young politician who's paving the way for change go ahead hunch. eddie mike a junior welcome to the program so africa's govern an african national congress faces a nail biting wait for the official results of wednesday's general elections the

final results are not expected before the weekend but it's 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 clara a fest this report. life in south africa is back to the daily routines after a by and large smooth election. free and fair now it's an agonizing wait whilst being counted and percentages at the independent electoral commission results a changing by the minute. presidents are in the process just after casting his vote here still confident about supporting the ainsley. they can see that with their vote on how to go. then you're beginning to

new that the period of renewal and it's also period of hope. for many that's 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 true nature got into the way and not focusing on the needs of our people got into the way. as the country struggles with corruption crime poverty economic stagnation and an official unemployment rate at twenty seven percent people's wishes a down to the essentials hoped would be a job you know for the people that are employed. hope to get something up to the next. stage through the doors of jobs those kind of town hoping that they can 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. from on this i'm joined by a professor kalibo who. he's chair of the department of political sciences at the university of south africa in for terry professor thank you very much for your time now as the results come in it's clear that the a.n.c. has lost even more support maybe not just much 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 years and even beyond the time when they fought president jacob zuma to . two thousand and nine i in my view is not at the outdated because

a current generation. these are the ones who are on during the time of my nelson mandela's presidency just alsa ninety ninety four many of them in the twenty's twenty five years old it's a you don't associate with this liberation month you know but i think that because they had you don't have any other correlation or because of me being joining up so it goes out the ones that. i really need with this liberation month and many of us including them says that we conduct so i just you know that. metaphor all that month is quite outdated because if you look in the region not only in zimbabwe zambia and other countries. ok the a.n.c. run the company and seen that. there's no corruption how else could they have.

to gain support for the party. why don't we go. to use what we called meaning that. the happiness from up was up because as you hit it in the. lips he was talking about that he. said that he has been talking about since november twenty eighth during the african national congress conference here in johannesburg where he was this new dog 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 tired at nine years off last year is the qualities of the call of jacob zuma in the sense they did you on this that he's the one that they have used to say we have a new president is going to fight corruption he's going to deal with the legacy of the trust you give us on the edges of this now according to early results 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 bi gauge it is increasingly being. built into a multi-racial sense out of this liberal party however it does and it doesn't that's one thing it is significant support all five it's mostly black youth and the middle class however it cannot shake off this dilemma of being a party that you know most of us today and which is of white people with a one small white minority in south africa and therefore there is mistrust among them and mostly. about the way that this is a genuinely involved racial. or they do is just an idea in disguise come into that you have. to guess my name it nobody has this fire

authority we seize their right to two million ten for some of the of course the end of one just trust in those they believe that they you know they need such an agency you know company and so on but some of these misuses 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 that's why they have not managed to catch 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 men rising through the ranks in politics and business. young people ministers into many celebrated. point. government ministers held by women but it's another story for village councils where young people and especially women. represented were met with a young. way for change in their country. twenty

six year old. youngest to watch conflicts in from visiting a village the young politician is received through for recreation she currently re presents fifteen thousand people though she's part of a minority at the moment she's hopeful that other young women will follow in footsteps so much. so that. we may. be able to. present the capital be. you know sort of people that want to hear that yeah first arrived here three years ago to gain practical experience as a social worker the course impressed with how she engaged with the women and children so they asked her to run in the consulate election but the old west talked

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 doing something that was rightfully theirs and. people from the other party. don't vote for this person you're don't vote for these foreign girl you don't even know if she's coming for all she's just a small little gal and she just does it to you as a councillor should not do anything and it was terrible and they would come right. throw stones on the roof and. but i said i'm going to win i am going to win because the women really have supported me in this is what why i'm saying that women really vote and they support because they want things to change that almost word to ma go by is situated in the rule ask it of the capitalists during her time

as a counsellor i was able to channel extra funds into my golda to kickstart new use for structure projects she also helped seven hundred schoolchildren get study loans and is firmly against child marriage unsurprisingly she is now pretty popular among how questi too and it's relevant we know in our country that by the car you still have . she has a lot of question news as well and she has an open yeah our problem is you know i've got like i'm a mock up tonight jennifer and in my room we are happy with what 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 it's 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 it's time that young people start making their voices heard what we are seeing now is a sage 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 that's critical for the transformation we're pushing for africa that gives even our democracies a good chance to really be to be strong because you see there is this stance for certain 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 amman go is handing out water canisters 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 to mistake that the next generation of leaders want to simply be judged by the size of their wallets why is it important that young people young women's shoes what about you and this is why i think what we have an idea we have. here we have that they knew by and said we are a new generation and invited to do it and nobody is going to buy our i don't know what that will eventually bloomberg gives him and also distributes some money after all peoples are to exchange slowly and there is still a long and difficult road ahead for bloomberg and other young african politics it's but progress is already being met. the fact that for now from africa we got all our stories on our website on the facebook page the next time i find out . i.

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