'I am voting because I suffered under the apartheid regime, and I don't want to ever go back there,' says Fikile Maduna, 71, a pensioner who lives in Soweto.
Soweto pensioner Fikile Maduna, 71, cast her ballot at home during the May 6-7 special votes process ahead of general elections on May 8."I am voting because I suffered under the apartheid regime, and I don't want to ever go back there," says Fikile Maduna, 71, a pensioner who lives in Soweto.
Maduna is one of 66 special voters in the area who cast their ballots in the comfort of their homes on Monday. Meshack Mahlangu, the Electoral Commission's presiding officer at Hoerna primary school, where Maduna would normally have cast her vote, said only five of the 28 people registered for special votes on Monday had cast their ballot by mid-morning.Maduna could not go to Hoerna primary school to cast her vote because she has a knee injury and uses a stick to walk.
"I had a knee operation six years ago after I was involved in an accident. I have not been able to walk properly since then.""I lived in tough times at the height of apartheid when one had to carry a pass everywhere they went. If you did not have it for some reason and you were stopped by the police, you could get arrested."
Maduna said she was arrested and spent 14 days at the women's jail at what is now Constitution Hill for not carrying her pass. "I lost my job because I had missed work for 14 days. I had to look for another job."
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