Locals cast their special votes in Kwatsaduza
“I encourage everyone to go vote and have your say in your country’s future and let’s change the lives of our children.”
KwaThema – Thousands of special voters in the area cast their votes in the national and provincial elections on Monday and Tuesday.
The special vote allowed registered voters who couldn’t vote at their voting stations on Election Day to vote on a predetermined day before Election Day.
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Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Lindiwe Lasindwa, Clr Jongizizwe Dlabathi and Clr Lorna Beharie were among the 774 000 voters who registered to cast their special votes.
The 450 000 special voters who were unable to make their way to voting stations were visited in their homes.
Dlabathi cast his vote at Sakhelwe Primary School, Lasindwa at Phulong Secondary School and Beharie at Theo Thwala Secondary School.
Dlabathi says he was excited to vote and exercise his democratic right to protect the democratic gains achieved in the past 25 years.
“Casting our vote is an important exercise and our civic responsibility.
“We must protect our democracy by having a sense of where we come from.
“A lot of things have changed and bettered the lives of many of South Africans and many can attest to that.”
He encouraged the residents of Ekurhuleni not to despair as many people stand to benefit through this democracy.
Lasindwa encouraged registered voters young and old to go to their voting stations in numbers to vote.
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“Staying away from the polls should not be an option because we all need to be active citizens in bringing about change in our communities,” she says.
Beharie says she was excited to vote for change in her province and country.
“I encourage everyone to go vote and have your say in your country’s future and let’s change the lives of our children,” she says.
