South Africa expat update
I had a chat with a DA representative at the end of the day who mentioned that 7,500 people registered to vote and by 17:50, 4,000 had officially voted. Voting closes at 7pm and I hope that everyone got their chance to vote, when I left there were still a lot of people waiting to vote.
The DA representative felt that the parties and the government had not done enough to inform and educate expats on what was required and how to register. Maybe it’s true but in all fairness once the courts made it official, we could vote
Proudly South African
I was truly amazed to see how many people showed up to vote in the South African elections in the UK early this morning. I arrived around 7:50am and the que was big, something like a mega sale at a retail outlet.
At election time I often encourage people to vote or let people know that I have every intention of voting and sadly lot’s of people respond with; “what’s the point, “it’s a waste of time, it won’t make any difference”, “I can’t be bothered to vote, things will never change”, “votes don’t count, its corrupted”.
The truth
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