A devastating fire in Doornbach informal settlement, Cape Town, on 6 May, destroyed 150 shacks and left 360 residents without homes. Many people also lost their identification documents in the blaze. Without IDs, they will not be able to vote in Wednesday's elections.
Home Affairs says the City of Cape Town must send a list of victims but the City says it’s already done so.Some voters who lost their IDs in a fire in Doornback informal settlement in Cape Town earlier this month will not be able to vote on Wednesday.
For Zolile Qina it will be the first time since 1994 that he will not be voting. His three-bedroom shack, which shared with his wife and five children, was reduced to ashes, along with almost all his belongings, including his ID. He managed to save only three bags of clothes. ‘We vote with the hope that our quality of life will change, but there is nothing that changes,’ he says.
‘I’ll not exercise my right to vote. Even voting does not help me. I do not see the benefit,’ says Yawa, who says he usually voted ANC.A preacher at the Saint Johns Church in Dunoon, Mzwakhe Bekapi, says he sent a list of 31 people who lost their IDs to the Department of Home Affairs, but his efforts did not yield any results.
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