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It is not just the ANC that must be worried about Monday’s low voter turnout. South Africans should be concerned that a large majority of our countrymen and women seem to have lost trust in our political system. The decision to stay at home instead of making their mark at the polls is a clear sign it is losing legitimacy, with citizens no longer believing politicians have the will to solve their problems.
On the day after the municipal elections on Monday, load-shedding resumed and the petrol price shot up to record levels. This time the hasty handing out of cheap homes, the shameless doling out of cash and promises of utopia simply did not land. Officials were scrambling to explain record low voter turnout. The rain. The virus. The faulty machines. It’s quite simple, actually: the people are gatvol.
Steenhuisen, not blessed with the sort of charisma that allows you to look cool and unfussed when you’re trying to fib your way out of a hole, simply chose to deny the existence of the hole.There might still be some counting to do and some dust to settle, but one thing is clear: the ANC is a declining force.
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