As the Electoral Commission of South Africa gears up for the 2024 general elections , it says it will take full advantage of the national registration weekend to add as many South Africans to the voters roll. In November last year , during the first registration weekend,  more than 560 000 people registered as first-time voters. Currently the voter's roll has surpassed the 27 million mark. The IEC has in the past raised concern over poor registration turnout of the younger voters. Political parties and civil organisations have also taken on the task of improving the young voter demographic. Contributing to voter apathy is the myriad of socio economic challenges facing the country, this includes high levels of crime, unemployment , corruption and loadshedding. Other factors include administrative barriers such as not having an ID , not interested or not  being aligned to a political party. Experts say that voter turnout at elections is a check on the health of a democracy. Given this, Should South Africa be concerned about the shift in voter behaviour? . For this Sunday Morning Discussion , Sebenzile Nkabule spoke to Tebelelo Lentsoane, and activator and civic education coordinator for youth network, ACTIVATE Change Drivers and Keamogetswe Seipato, campaigner at My Vote Counts 

<p>As the Electoral Commission of South Africa gears up for the 2024 general elections , it says it will take full advantage of the national registration weekend to add as many South Africans to the voters roll. In November last year , during the first registration weekend,  more than 560 000 people registered as first-time voters. Currently the voter's roll has surpassed the 27 million mark. The IEC has in the past raised concern over poor registration turnout of the younger voters. Political parties and civil organisations have also taken on the task of improving the young voter demographic. Contributing to voter apathy is the myriad of socio economic challenges facing the country, this includes high levels of crime, unemployment , corruption and loadshedding. Other factors include administrative barriers such as not having an ID , not interested or not  being aligned to a political party. Experts say that voter turnout at elections is a check on the health of a democracy. Given this, Should South Africa be concerned about the shift in voter behaviour? . For this Sunday Morning Discussion , Sebenzile Nkabule spoke to Tebelelo Lentsoane, and activator and civic education coordinator for youth network, ACTIVATE Change Drivers and Keamogetswe Seipato, campaigner at My Vote Counts </p>

Current Affairs programme which provides listeners with the latest local and International news hosted by Elvis Preslin. Tune in 104-107 every Saturday and Sunday morning from 6 to 7 am

Current Affairs programme which provides listeners with the latest local and International news hosted by Elvis Preslin.

The Weekend View

This programme provides listeners with local and international news on Saturday and Sunday, hosted by Sebenzile Nkambule and Bongiwe Zwane. Listen to SAfm 104-107 Saturdays and Sundays from 6 to 7 a.m.

<p>This programme provides listeners with local and international news on Saturday and Sunday, hosted by Sebenzile Nkambule and Bongiwe Zwane. Listen to SAfm 104-107 Saturdays and Sundays from 6 to 7 a.m.</p>