Sharpeville, Vereeniging and Meyerton are within a short drive of one another, but the three towns have very different realities. On 1 November, voters explained what they hoped would emerge from the municipal elections.
In the towns of Sharpeville, Vereeniging and Meyerton, one thing stood out on election day — the people most keen on speaking about their reasons for voting were those who are struggling the most.
Sharpeville, like many towns in the ANC-run Emfuleni Municipality, faces serious service delivery challenges. The roads are potholed and litter is strewn across pavements and open areas. Residents contend with regular water and power interruptions. The vicinity of where 69 unarmed protesters were killed during the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, and later in 1996 where Nelson Mandela signed the country’s Constitution into law.
“People were shot here. It went on and on and on. But look at this place. There’s nothing!” Dabula said that sometimes there’s no water and that refuse collection only happens once a month. Christoff Khoarane is an amputee. He feels his municipality has failed him and that nothing has changed. “It must be something different this time,” he says.
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