Nkomazi’s mayor casts her vote
In the executive mayor of Nkomazi’s plea for voters to come out in their numbers on Wednesday May 7 and vote, Cllr Thulisile Khoza said South Africa’s democracy was in the hands of the electorate.
KAMHLUSHWA – In the executive mayor of Nkomazi’s plea for voters to come out in their numbers on Wednesday May 7 and vote, Cllr Thulisile Khoza said South Africa’s democracy was in the hands of the electorate.
Khoza was speaking on Tuesday morning after she had cast her vote on the last day for special votes at the Bantwanabetfu Preschool voting station.
Khoza said people intent on casting their vote should feel free to do so for any party of their choice and there was no dress code in which voters were expected in at the polls.
She furthermore said the democracy of the nation was in the hands of the electorate.
“You can come wearing whatever you like, and voters should feel free at the voting stations. All you have to ensure that you bring along is your green bar-coded ID, or even the newly introduced smart ID card, because some people, including myself already have it. You can present any of these identification documents at the voting station where you registered to vote, and you should be able to vote,” explained Khoza.
Khoza said it was imperative that she cast her own vote, because her own vote was her own voice in who should govern the country.
She said, “I think it is very important that we come and vote, because we never had the right to do so before 1994. So if I were to suppress myself and sit back by not voting, I would be hurting myself grievously, because I would regret doing so for five years.
I would say in my heart I should have gone out and vote. I also vote because my vote is my voice, with my vote I am able to speak out when something is not going accordingly. So it is very important, especially to the youth to come out in their numbers, and to go and vote tomorrow.
All young and old, let us all go and vote. Let us show that we have come along way from where we were oppressed, let us come out in our numbers and vote. Our freedom is in our own hands by coming out in numbers and voting.”
Khoza furthermore confirmed that all home affairs offices would be opened on the day, to ensure that temporary identification documents could be issued to eligible voters if needed.
She also reiterated the mister of Labour, Ms Nelisiwe Oliphant’s call for all employers to afford their employee the opportunity to vote.
“I think it is important that employers everywhere are free, and therefore they should allow the people who make them employers to also play a role in South Africa’s government. So that when they have problems at work, they can say to government we voted and now we have a problem at work, help us,” said Khoza.
