‘No one is campaigning to us’ — Vuwani residents on municipal elections - Vuwani residents are ready to vote, but none of the top three parties is wooing them
is in full swing in most parts of the country, with posters and campaigners moving from town to town to woo voters.in Limpopo the lack of political parties’ presence, bar the odd poster here and there, was adding to their lack of in the municipal elections, which will be held on 1 November.
At the time of the 2019 elections, tempers were high in the district because of the amalgamation of the Thulamela and Makhado municipalities in 2016. The decision by the demarcation board led to violent protests, with state properties beingduring the run-up to the 2019 elections. Political intolerance, as well as intimidation, are allegedly some of the reasons for the poor turnout on election day.
“I am going to vote in the elections. The ANC must continue doing the good work that they are doing. Children are receiving the child support grant, pensioners are also receiving the old age support grant, and they have dealt well with the diseases that are currently in our communities so they must continue to govern well,” said Malamulele resident Samuel Simbhi.
“The Vuwani water crisis will also be resolved once water infrastructure projects that are getting water from the Nandoni are completed,” Vhembe municipality spokesperson Ralushai Matodzi said. “We were tired of being spectators in our own community ,where we were seeing a lot of injustice take place,” said VYF chairperson Tshifhiwa Nedzamba. “We have an issue with how service delivery is being done: it’s like no one is taking us seriously. The municipality is ours, but it’s like we don’t belong here.”
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