Why vote for us?

Political parties are proverbially down on their knees asking for South Africans to vote for them during the 8 May general and provincial elections.

The mainstream players, namely the ruling ANC, official opposition DA and EFF all promise the youth and the broader unemployed jobs and more jobs.

While Bela-Bela ANC chairperson, Jeremiah Ngobeni, and the party’s provincial secretary, Soviet Lekganyane, were not available at the time of going to print, it is general knowledge that the
party is strong on the potential for job creation.

The DA Limpopo leader, Jacques Smalle, zoomed in to the DA-controlled Western Cape province, where he said the party had created upwards of 508 000 new jobs since 2009.

He added that the unemployment rate in the Western Cape was 14% below the national average.

Smalle said that on the political front the DA was at the coalface of the fight against State Capture, adding the party had succeeded in having charges of corruption re-instated against former
President Jacob Zuma.

Bela-Bela’s EFF co-ordinator, Sello Moswoeu, said should voters give the party the mandate to govern, the red berets would pass laws allowing for the expropriation of land without
compensation, with 50% of the land allocated to the youth and women.

In addition, he said, the EFF would put in place laws compelling state institutions to have 40% of young people as employees.

The African People’s Convention (APC) regional convenor, Jerry Mogotle, said people should vote for the party because of its track record in parliament.

The APC leader Thembas Godi has been at the helm of parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) for 15 years, he said.

The Better Residents Association (BRA) chairperson, Piet Mabusela, said his party was embedded within the community, from which they received a direct mandate.

He said the BRA had worked hard within the community, such as building a house for a family with challenges in Bela-Bela.

The International Revelation Congress Limpopo Premier Candidate, Khakhathi Tshisikule, dropped a bombshell when he said should his party govern, it would repatriate illegal immigrants back to their home countries.

He said illegal immigrants had unfair access to scarce jobs, and were also choking the public health system.

— The BEAT