1. Ukuvota yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kuyo nayiphi na idemokhrasi yale mihla. EMzantsi Afrika oku kugxininiswe ngamandla kumgaqo-siseko wethu. Ngo-2014, abantu baseMzantsi Afrika baya kuthi kwakhona banikwe ithuba lokuba bavote kunyulo lukazwelonke nolwamaphondo.

2. Isizukulwana esizalwe ngethuba lika-1994 – 1996 – uninzi lwabo lusesikolweni – siya kuba nethuba lokuvota kunyulo lukarhulumente wedemokhrasi xa kuqhutywa unyulo lukazwelonke nolwamaphondo ngoMeyi 2014. Ngokwedatha yoBalo lwabantu ngo-2011 (2011 Census data), kukho malunga nabantu baseMzantsi Afrika abayi-2,8 yezigidi abakwiminyaka yobudala eyi-18 ukuya kweyi-19, kodwa, ngelishwa, ngabavoti ababhalisileyo abayi-9.9% kuphela. Ukulungisa oku kumelwa ngomyinge osezantsi kolutsha kumqulu wabavoti (voters roll), kufuneka kugxininiswe ekubhaliseni ulutsha.

3. IKhomishoni yoNyulo eZimeleyo (Independent Electoral Commission) (IEC) icele kwiSebe leMfundo leNtshona Koloni ukuncediswa ekubhaliseni abafundi abakubudala obufanelekileyo njengabavoti ngethuba elibekiweyo. I-IEC iya kutyelela izikolo ngethuba le-14 – 18 Oktobha 2013 ukuya kuqhuba iiprogram zokufundisa ngovoto nokubhalisa abafundi abakubudala bokuvota obufanelekileyo. Ugxininiso kubhaliso luya kuba kumaBakala 10 – 12. I-IEC iya kukhupha incwadana yokufunda ethi, Becoming a good citizen: Electoral Democracy Toolkit for teachers Grade 10-12.

4. I-IEC iya kuthi kwakhona isasaze incwadana yokufunda eya kusetyenziswa ukuqalela kwiBakala R – 9 ethi, Not too Young: Teaching Electoral Democracy to Young South Africans.

5. Kucelwa iinqununu zezikolo nee-SMT zincedise kule nkqubo ngokuthi

  • zinyule ikomiti yootitshala nabafundi yokulawula le nkqubo nokuqhagamshelana namagosa e-IEC (Unokunyula amalungu e-RCL abe yinxenye yale komiti.);
  • ziqaphele abafundi abakubudala obufanelekileyo bokuvota yaye ziqinisekise ukuba bayabhalisa;
  • zikhuthaze abafundi ukuba babhalise, zisebenzise iindibano (assemblies), iileta eziya kubazali, izaziso zangaphakathi nezangaphandle; yaye
  • zivumele amagosa avunywe ngokusemthethweni e-IEC ukuba angene esikolweni ukuza kufundisa ngokuvota nokubhalisa.
6. Kucelwa wazise okukule ngcaciso imfutshane bonke abachaphazelekayo ukuze bakuthathele ingqalelo.


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