2019 Elections: THE VOTERS: Uncertainty grips voters in highly contested Limpopo By Nkateko Mabasa Nkateko_Azania
Phillimon Makula sells his assorted sweets on Kirk Street, outside Limpopo Mall on 17 April 2019. Photo: Nkateko Mabasa
Although he is still young, and would normally be tagged as an EFF member in Julius Malema’s home turf in Polokwane, he says he will stick with the ANC as he has an RDP house because of the party, and there is water and electricity where he lives. He says he “can’t vote for the EFF” because he has never seen them do anything in his area.Hlengiwe Miya , walking to the gym from work on Marshall Street in Polokwane CDB on 17 April 2019.
As a young person, she likes the “radical approach” of the EFF and thinks the DA “does not have a clear direction”.Hilda Ramahuma waiting outside SARS office on Host City 2010 street in Polokwane on 17 April 2010. Photo: Nkateko Mabasa Ramahuma says she in court “right now”, and that she is able to fight for herself. She says she can “acknowledge” that there are other people who are powerless at their jobs who the “fighters” can help.
Josia Ramoni wants to know more about the EFF. He says the ANC is the only party he has seen in the community he grew up in, Bochum in Polokwane. He has visited his uncle in Juju Valley, an informal settlement founded in 2017 where the EFF called for land occupations.
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