Zimbabwe is a lesson for us that voting alone is not enough

South Africa is a few weeks away from what seems to be the most contested and anticipated election, arguably, since April 1994.

Young people also seem to have heeded the call to register to vote, as the IEC reported that during the final registration weekend, more than half a million people who registered to vote in this year’s general elections were young people. While this mood is commendable, it must be accompanied with a sense of caution that says citizens still have a responsibility to work hand in hand with the government of their choice post the elections.

We all know too well how dangerous euphoria without action can be. Just across the Beitbridge, when the bell finally rang signalling an end to decades of former president Robert Mugabe’s reign, there was a lot of excitement and euphoria among Zimbabweans inside and outside of Zimbabwe.

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