A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION

This is the 25th year of our new democracy and the upcoming elections are said, by all the political parties, to be extremely important as to the direction the country will be taking. The Election 2019 will take place on May 8. There are two votes to be cast in this election. One is for your national government and one is for your provincial government.

Tata Madiba

Nelson Mandela’s greatest achievement was one of great statesmanship. He managed to steer the country to a peaceful democracy. One that gave hope to all its citizens. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 (one of around 250 awards he received). He is referred to as the Greatest Stateman the world has seen.

Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki’s greatest achievement was probably his role in conflict resolution inAfricang the Sudan. The South African economy did fairly well under Mbeki. Mbeki was responsible for selling Mandela’s image to the world during the struggle against Apartheid.

Kgalema Motlanthe

Kgalema Motlanthe’s achievements were the creation of pension and education funds, as well as the enactment of a new wage scale that would soften the financial blow to mine workers when ore and diamond prices dipped.

Mr Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma’s established the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, and the National Planning Commission, which produced the National Development Plan (NDP) Vision 2030. He launched the Siyahlola Presidential Monitoring Programme through which he undertook unannounced and scheduled visits to various communities to ascertain progress in delivering services to the people.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Rhamaposa is lauded and respected as co-convener of the country’s internationally acclaimed Constitution, for which he received The Order of the Baobab in Silver. Cyril pledged a “new dawn”, promising the weary yet hopeful South Africans out there that he would focus his attention on cleaning up governance issues and driving an economic turnaround. He is sometimes referred to as the corruption buster and has set up various commissions to uncover corruption, think Guptas and Bosasa.