Zingisa Mkhuma
Throngs of local and international media waited patiently at Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo, Soweto hours before South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived together with his wife Tshepo Motsepe, flanked by his entourage to cast their ballots in a community where he grew up.
After casting his ballot Ramaphosa went out for an impromptu press briefing where he told the scores of journalists mobbing him that the ANC will win the elections and return him as the President of South Africa.
A smiling Ramaphosa said he had no doubt that the people of South Africa would return the ANC to power and give it another chance to lead.
The high number of journalists from radio, television, digital and print awaiting Ramaphosa’s arrival far outnumbered the number of voters from the community coming in to cast their ballot on Wednesday morning.
The 29 May 2024 National General Elections have
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