ANALYSIS: It’s the Unemployment, Stupid By Stephen Grootes StephenGrootes
unemployment problem. Wherever you go you find people desperate to work, desperate to get the income and dignity only work can bring. And yet, despite the 2019 elections being less than two weeks away, it does not seem that this issue is really dominating. At the same time, there is now some evidence that most voters don’t believe any particular party can resolve this crisis. That alone has important implications for our society.
But research appears to show that in fact none of the parties is seen as being able to solve the problem. Obviously, the issue of jobs is tied very closely to the question of poverty reduction – resolving one would presumably lead to the partial resolution of the other. It might be then that most South Africans do not believe any political party is actually capable of solving the poverty problem.There are several dynamics which this line of research might explain.
However, the main observation from this research is that voters appear to be giving up hope that any of their options are able to actually solve the problem that most affects them. This may mean that for some, there is no hope of the current political system actually resolving their problems.For some, anger will grow, and thus a desire/appetite for more radical action. In other words, this could be fertile ground for populists, and those who promise the world to those who have nothing.
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