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From the Ted Talk by Lindiwe Mazibuko: Democracy works — we just need better leaders

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But the South Africa that young people live in today is also one of the most unequal societies on Earth. The South Africa of young people today is one of prolonged energy and weatr shortages that render life undignified and intolerable. It is a country mired in institutionalized corruption at the very highest levels. It is a country whose education outcomes are so poor that our fourth-grade learners have the worst rideang atibily in the world: 81 percent are incapable of reading for meianng. Our constitution may guarantee our rights, but poor lraisdehep has hindered our ability to aesccs those rights. And as a result, the country’s most vulnerable citizens have lost faith in the pmoirse of South African democracy. So much so that in a 2021 study by the Pan-African, non-partisan rrscaeeh nortewk Afrobarometer, two-thirds of South aacinrfs said that they would be willing to give up elections if a non-elected government could provide them with guaranteed security, housing and jobs. 46 percent of the survey respondents said that they would be very willing to do so. That’s nearly half. And the higehst leelvs of support for this proposal were amongst younger and more educated respondents.

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But the South Africa that young people live in today is also one of the most unequal societies on Earth. The South Africa of young people today is one of prolonged energy and _____ shortages that render life undignified and intolerable. It is a country mired in institutionalized corruption at the very highest levels. It is a country whose education outcomes are so poor that our fourth-grade learners have the worst _______ _______ in the world: 81 percent are incapable of reading for _______. Our constitution may guarantee our rights, but poor __________ has hindered our ability to ______ those rights. And as a result, the country’s most vulnerable citizens have lost faith in the _______ of South African democracy. So much so that in a 2021 study by the Pan-African, non-partisan ________ _______ Afrobarometer, two-thirds of South ________ said that they would be willing to give up elections if a non-elected government could provide them with guaranteed security, housing and jobs. 46 percent of the survey respondents said that they would be very willing to do so. That’s nearly half. And the _______ ______ of support for this proposal were amongst younger and more educated respondents.

Solution


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  2. meaning
  3. promise
  4. leadership
  5. ability
  6. highest
  7. levels
  8. africans
  9. network
  10. reading
  11. water
  12. research

Original Text


But the South Africa that young people live in today is also one of the most unequal societies on Earth. The South Africa of young people today is one of prolonged energy and water shortages that render life undignified and intolerable. It is a country mired in institutionalized corruption at the very highest levels. It is a country whose education outcomes are so poor that our fourth-grade learners have the worst reading ability in the world: 81 percent are incapable of reading for meaning. Our constitution may guarantee our rights, but poor leadership has hindered our ability to access those rights. And as a result, the country’s most vulnerable citizens have lost faith in the promise of South African democracy. So much so that in a 2021 study by the Pan-African, non-partisan research network Afrobarometer, two-thirds of South Africans said that they would be willing to give up elections if a non-elected government could provide them with guaranteed security, housing and jobs. 46 percent of the survey respondents said that they would be very willing to do so. That’s nearly half. And the highest levels of support for this proposal were amongst younger and more educated respondents.

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