Modidima Mannya | Why the masses have stopped trusting the electoral process
The fact that the constitutional democracy remains fully secured on paper does not mean that it is of practical meaning to voters and citizens.
The self-hate refrain is that black people do not take the vote seriously. This approach explains the trappings that colonialism and apartheid have caused to the mindset. It excludes the logic that black people have a right to refuse to be voting fodder and to vote for the sake of the formality, even if they do not agree with the status quo.
We must be reminded that most service delivery protests have been violent and public infrastructure has been destroyed. The protesting communities argued that government only listens to violence, hence they resorted to violence. The assumption that poverty equates to stupidity is delusional. The assumption that the poor and unemployed will be persuaded by empty promises made during an election campaign, as if this is the first campaign, sounds a bit delusional.
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