Tammy PetersenKyle Isaacs sits on a street corner in Mitchells Plain. He points to a blue elections poster reading"Jobs, not corruption" and smiles.
"But when you have nothing, that money is a lot. I buy some groceries and electricity to put the geyser on so that we can wash in hot water. I would love for it to stay on, but it uses too many units. So most nights it's one kettle-full of water in a kommetjie [wash tub] because we'd like to keep the lights on."Mitchells Plain is a predominantly coloured suburb over 30km outside the Cape Town city centre.
"But I trust and believe in her. She reminds me of a helpful aunty who doesn't mind her business because she wants to fix things and make it better. In communities like mine, we need people who interfere and don't allow bad things to continue."Gangsterism and rampant crime has claimed the lives of many of his friends and people he had known since his childhood, Daniels said.
"Their policies are clear and they've never deviated from it. Their consistency has made an impression on me. I can't see myself changing to another party," Smith says.She is hopeful that the ANC will be voted into power provincially, insisting that the DA had failed in addressing spatial inequality while neglecting areas like Mitchells Plain.
"He was chosen by Mandela himself. He saw his potential. Ramaphosa waited and now is his time. He is who I am voting for."
TammyPetersen87 Aunty Pat will take your cash !!!?
TammyPetersen87 Fake news !!!
TammyPetersen87 It's not complicated. Who do they think is more genuinely interested in improving their lot, the DA or the thieving cANCer who already had their turn at the wheel ?