OPINIONISTA: South Africans must overcome the elections apathy and hold the government to account

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OPINIONISTA: South Africans must overcome the elections apathy and hold the government to account By Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar Gasnolar

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Last week, I spent my voting day visiting a number of polling stations across the greater Cape Town area, which took me from Siqalo into Mitchells Plain, across Khayelitsha and then to Kensington, Century City, Parow North, De Tijger, the City Bowl and Athlone.

The next leg of the conversation has focused on the winners and losers of that election , and what this means for the Economic Freedom Fighters, Democratic Alliance or the African National Congress. Many young South Africans have refused to answer the IEC’s call to register to vote, or even worse, to come out and actually vote.

Visibility and presence are far more important than service and accountability. This pervasive and disturbing trend is visible across all political party formations and has filtered into how public services are in fact rendered. South Africans, of course, must be concerned and invested in what happens within the ANC, as this has a direct impact on the type of government that will be put in place by the incoming Ramaphosa administration.

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