Factors impacting citizen electoral participation

Millions of registered voters around the country continue to prepare for the 2026 local government elections.

But concerns remain regarding voter education, registration and participation among young people, to unpack voter behaviors, the state of local politics, youth engagement, what the registration push tells us about the political mood ahead of the municipal elections, and whether we are seeing a shift in how South Africans engage with politics at community level, we are joined by Research Officer at the Civic Root Advocacy, HlumeloXaba.

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