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Born Free - Voting for the First Time

In April 1994 apartheid in South Africa ended, giving way to the country's first free and fair elections. Twenty years later, the 'born free' generation – those born in 1994 or afterwards, following the collapse of the apartheid system – are looking forward to their first chance to vote. Just over 600,000 South Africans were born in the year that the ANC was voted into office, with a similar number in the following two years. Not all have register to vote, but there could be half million new voters casting their ballots for the first time when the next general election takes place on the 7th May 2014. This is over 5% of the electorate.

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