By Lungani Zungu
Residents in ward 28 in Msunduzi, KwaZulu-Natal, reminded the ANC of its past beviour ahead of Wednesday’s by-election.
The party had a tough time campaigning to residents who continue to live in poor conditions in the area near Pietermaritzburg.
“You come to us when there are by-elections or when there are national elections, after that, you just vanish into thin air until the next elections,” said a resident Musa Mthimkhulu, who lives in a mud house.
Residents lambasted the government for failing to solve the country’s electricity crisis and the lack of basic services such as water and housing.
ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) member Super Zuma was among those who crisscrossed the ward begging for votes.
He told Scrolla.Africa that when they go campaigning they go to hear the concerns of the people.
We go to listen to the residents instead of us always talking. We are happy that the people told us of their concerns. The onus is on us to fix them,” he said.
The scramble for the ward which is a DA stronghold with more than 9,000 registered voters became vacant after DA councillor Lucky Naicker’s party membership was terminated.
The other two by-elections will be held in ward 9 in Mtubatuba which has 4,400 voters and ward 12 in Dannhauser which has 3,749 voters.
The IFP’s Muzi Shobede is confident of victory in Mtubatuba, claiming that their campaign to defend the ward was going ahead full steam.
“The IFP will be governing the ward after the by-elections. We have thrown everything in our campaign and victory is certain,” he told Scrolla.Africa.
Pictured above: ANC leader Super Zuma sitting down trying to talk to an uninterested resident in Msunduzi ahead of Wednesday’s by-elections
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