ActionSA members painted the streets green as they embarked their final voter registration campaign in Orlando West on January 02.
The campaign was joined by ActionSA president, Herman Mashaba and the party’s Gauteng provincial chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni.
It formed part of the voter registration weekend where thousands of new voters across the country were registered to vote in the 2024 elections.
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During his keynote address, Mashaba noted that with this year’s elections, they aim to remove the current ruling party from power and ensure that there are visible changes for South African citizens.
“This year we have a real opportunity to remove the ruling party from power and begin the work of fixing South Africa, but that starts with ensuring that all residents cast their votes in the upcoming elections.
“Our country is already falling apart with the escalating stats of gender based violence and femicide as well as youth unemployment.
“Everyday women and children are abused and murdered in our country but perpetrators are hardly arrested for these vicious crimes, not to mention graduates who are currently without job yet holding qualifications from years of studying,” Mashaba said.
He added that this is the residents’ last opportunity to save and fix South Africa through voting.
“These socioeconomic struggles affect everyone but it is mostly painful seeing that our youth are the biggest casualties.
“This year’s elections will be the most important elections since 1994 since we will be given a real opportunity to replace the uncaring government with one committed to building an inclusive and prosperous South Africa.
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“Change is possible only if residents come out in millions to exercise their democratic right to vote. This is the most powerful right we have.
He noted that if they motivate the estimated 18 million unregistered voters in the country to vote in this year’s elections, when only 11 million voters voted for the ruling party in the 2021 elections they would be able to easily remove them from power and restore the country into a path of prosperity.
ActionSA members went door to door in the area, engaging with residents, urging them to register to vote.
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