IEC brings voter education and registration to Allandale Farm community
The IEC took to the informal settlements in Allandale Farm Ext 1 to educate residents about the importance of registering to vote and voting. They further updated the residents about their new voting station.
Residents of Allandale Farm Ext 1 went to the IEC stalls at the sports grounds to register to vote and know their new voting stations.
As registrations took place, residents were informed about the changes to their voting stations, as some used to vote at stations in Kanana, Ivory Park and Ebony Park. They will now vote at Mayibuye Primary School.
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Residents came in numbers to register with the intention to vote because of the service delivery issues they are faced with, such as no water and sanitation, electricity and roads.
The residents began occupying and forming these informal settlements in 2022, after Covid-19, when most of them lost their jobs and could no longer afford to rent out back rooms.
Since then, they have been struggling to gain legal occupancy and service delivery.
Many of these residents mentioned that they want to vote for change, as voting will give them a chance to voice their grievances and have them addressed.
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Community leader and chairperson of the settlers’ committee, Johannes Seanego, said,
“We are registering to vote and vote because we want to be recognised by the City of Johannesburg and the government. We want to be recognised because we are living here in these informal settlements as unemployed people, pensioners, and we seek services such as a clinic because we struggle to get medical attention when a person is sick. This is caused by the fact that we don’t have roads, thus ambulances can’t enter our area.
“We really have a lot of challenges, and we want to be able to access these services like other people,” added Seanego.
IEC official Innocent Monareng explained the reason for this outreach and expressed the importance of residents registering to vote and actually voting.
“This is a Targeted Communication and Registration (TCR), which means we are going to communities and updating them on new changes regarding the voting stations. We do this so that no one is left behind, and it is very important that people do vote, especially people with service delivery issues, so they can get their voices out there,” said Monareng.
“So the IEC is really pushing for voters’ education,” added Monareng
The upcoming elections on November 4 are the one time communities can voice their grievances and can choose which leaders they want to be led by.
Official dates to register to vote are June 21 to 22, 2026, and communities such as the Allandale Farm Ext 1 are urged to register and cast their votes to get the opportunity to have a say in what goes on in their lives.
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