Some residents of Alexandra north of Johannesburg have boycotted the polls due to what they say is government’s failure to deliver basic services such as water and sanitation to their area.
Polling stations have opened in Alexandra, although some of them late.
Residents of Alexandra embarked on total shutdown of the township last month in protest at poor service delivery and the mushrooming of illegal dwellings.
Residents who were in the street outside a polling station say they feel government has let them down.
“I didn’t vote because our government doesn’t supply us with things like RDP houses. I’ve been staying here for 11 years but I never got an RDP house so I can’t do it,” says one of the residents.
Another resident says; “I can’t vote and I never even registered because government is not doing anything so they promise us a lot of things but they don’t do it.”
Voting has finally kicked off in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. There was a 40 minute delay at the polling station at the Alexandra Library. #SAelections2019 #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/r4TYXsJGdz
— Sashin Naidoo (@Sashinn007) May 8, 2019
The polling station at the Alexandra Library is yet to open and its 07:15am. Some people have been waiting in line from as early as 5am. #SAElections2019 #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/wXGvE5SRwg
— Sashin Naidoo (@Sashinn007) May 8, 2019
