Tshwane voters want change, but low turnout is worrying
“We can’t keep on doing the same thing and expect different results. We need to exercise our right to vote so that we can see the change we so desperately need here,” Victor Sihlangu said.
Sihlangu cast his vote at the Abel Motshoane Secondary School voting station where there was a hive of activity outside the station, but officials inside said the numbers were lower than they were expecting. An Electoral Commission of SA official at the ward 19 station said that, by 5pm, they had only recorded 700 voters. ANC officials outside the station said the low voter turnout at the station was concerning. In 2016 the ANC won the ward with more than 2 900 votes.“Crime and unemployment are rife. We’ve been voting and nothing is changing. I thought it was important today to come vote because I want to see change. The streetlights here haven’t been working since 2016.
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