Outgoing mayor calls on people not to throw their votes away
The outgoing City of Tshwane Metro mayor, Randall Williams, joined thousands of South African who casted their votes in the 2021 local government elections on Monday morning.
Outgoing Tshwane metro mayor, Randall Williams, cast his vote at the NG Kerk Lynnwood, east of Pretoria, on Monday morning.
Williams joined a relatively long queue of residents of the eastern part of Pretoria to make his mark on the ballot paper for the 2021 local government elections.
“For me personally, voting is a humbling experience because it gives us, as residents of South Africa, an opportunity to come out in all our municipalities and be part of the decision-making,” Williams told Rekord.
He said it gave residents power to choose the people that should govern their municipalities.
“You have a choice to come out and vote for the party that you think would be the best to run your municipality.”
He encouraged people to vote and described not voting as the same as throwing the vote away.
“Don’t throw that vote away and don’t throw that choice away but come out and exercise your right to vote.
“Voting makes you to be part of the solution that will see your municipality ran by a party that can develop and turn it into a place that you and your family are proud of.”
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Williams revealed that the DA leadership in Tshwane region did not have any talks about coalition.
“The DA has decided that any talk about coalitions would happen at the national leadership level.”
He said the federal leaders would determine if any municipality should enter into coalition or not.
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