Vuwani says no to polls, but won’t stop anyone from voting

By Rolivhuwa Sadiki

The Pro-Makhado Task Team and its supporters resolved at a meeting on Tuesday, hours before millions of South Africans go to the polls, that they will not be voting in this year’s general and provincial elections in the Vuwani area.

The Pro- Makhado Dermacation Task Team has been engaged in a long raging battle to be re-incorporated into the Makhado Local Municipality. The battle which has led to a string of violent confrontations and shutdowns came after the Municipal Demarcation Board incorporated the area into the newly formed Collins Chabane municipality. In 2016 more than 25 schools were burnt down as part of the protest action.

On Tuesday scores of residents packed into the dilapidated Vuwani sport stadium to decide on a way forward regarding the elections.

Chairperson of the Pro-Makhado Dermacation Task Team, Takalani Emmanuel Mukhudi says on election-day, residents of Vuwani will not be voting.