Ramaphosa says local polls a powerful tool for voters to enforce change
The president cast his vote on Wednesday morning, together with the First Lady, in Hyde Park.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa voting at Hyde Park High School. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said this local government election is a powerful tool for South Africans to enforce the change that they want to see.
The president cast his vote on Wednesday morning, together with the First Lady, in Hyde Park.
He's described this year’s election as historic, noting the seemingly large voter turnout at polling stations.
Ramaphosa has decided to cast his vote at the Hyde Park High School near where he lives and not where he grew up in Chiawelo, Soweto, where he usually votes.
The president said he has seen the failures of local government across the country.
Even as he admits that the local government in Johannesburg, led by his party, the African National Congress, has not been effective, he is still confident that South Africans will vote for it.