'No service delivery, no votes' - Katilumla residents refuse to vote SAElections2019 | GroundUp_News
SHARE THISSeveral residents of Katilumla in Lusikisiki say they won’t vote on 8 May because there is no development in their area.
Zilungile Mantongwana said residents relieved themselves in their shacks but were afraid to throw out the waste at night because it was dark."We don't have electricity so we can't go out at night to throw waste because we are afraid of criminals," said Mantongwana.Several residents also said they would not vote on Wednesday.
But councillor Wiseman Ranayi denied allegations that he had not been to meet the residents."I think you have met the wrong person because I was there and I spoke to them explaining everything concerning electricity," said Ranayi.
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