2019 Elections – KZN diary: Searching for Undecideds and ‘Why Vote at Alls’, ANC, DA and IFP find discontent grows deep By Aisha Abdool Karim and Sandisiwe Shoba
With just over two weeks until the national elections on 8 May, parties are using every opportunity to campaign. The Easter weekend saw concentrated efforts in KwaZulu-Natal to try to sway any voters who may remain undecided.
The area, nestled between a building material supply store and a private hospital, is part of eThekwini Ward 31, where the Democratic Alliance won 64% of the votes in the 2016 municipal elections. Pappas said the apartment building’s waste management system was illegal. It was not permitted to dump waste into the community. He said they were working to address the problem, as it posed “serious health risks” for residents.We are struggling because of the water that flows through our houses,” said Bongani Radebe, a resident from the Lacey Road informal settlement.to a neighbour’s dwelling where a baby had become infected, apparently because of the water.
The areas visited are part of the Msunduzi municipality, where the ANC won 66% of votes in the 2016 municipal elections. However, the wards visited by the IFP had the majority won by the DA, with the IFP garnering only around 1% of votes. Vijay Harilall, Northdale resident, speaks with IFP Chief Whip in Parliament Narend Singh at Debbie Place, a market in Pietermaritzburg on 20 April 2019. Photo: Aisha Abdool Karim
On Good Friday, 19 April, the ANC continued on its campaign trail at churches in KwaZulu-Natal, the home turf of former ANC president Jacob Zuma. Zuma has also been deployed to campaign in the province, this weekend in the northern parts of the province.
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