Diagonally parked in a parallel world. Defy, Disobey, Disrupt.
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Apha eBCM I knew it was chaaai when SAMWU members were marching alongside the ANC faction opposed to Princess becula besithi “soze uphinde Faku, soze uphinde aBuffalo City.”
I’m randomly thinking about Nasrec 2022 when Zuma walked in while Ramaphosa was addressing delegates and the room broke into “Wenzeni uZuma?”. Oh South African politics shame!
My aunt voted for the UDM and I can tell it was a bittersweet moment for her because she didn’t necessarily fall in love with another party. She just ran out of reasons to keep choosing the ANC. I guess something had to give. Interesting times indeed!
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It’s interesting watching an American suburban family navigate life and relationships while I’m sitting here as a young black woman from a township, looking at some of these things and thinking about how differently we experience the world. Some things are universal though.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Whatever you choose, remember to vote like a shareholder.
Choose on evidence. A party is a tool, a council is a service provider and YOU are the shareholder. Think, inspect, read and then ke ufake u-X wakho.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Be wary of the national noise you see online. A council can't change national policy.
Read a manifesto and ask whether a promise is actually within a municipality's powers. If it isn't, the candidate is borrowing a bigger stage to cover a local plan.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Use your own street as data. Outages, potholes, uncollected refuse and all that consistently makes your life miserable when not fixed. Ask who held that portfolio when things broke and what has changed since.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
At AG we always told people that clean audits aren't the same as good service delivery. A council can have tidy books and broken pipes.
Use audits as one lens, then check it against what you can see on your own street. Each tells you something the other can't.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Start with track record, not the manifesto. If a party already runs a council, its audit outcome is the closest thing to a school report. Look up yours.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Mayors aren't elected directly. The council chooses the mayor after the results, so your vote's real effect is on council arithmetic. In a hung council the coalition deal that is struck days later matters as much as the ballot.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Bafafta it’s important you know what you're voting on. In metros you get two ballots, one for a ward candidate and one for a party list.The ward vote picks a person you can hold to account. The party vote shapes the council. Treat them as separate decisions.
Bhuda The Dyani retweeted
Wednesday's local elections decide who runs your water, electricity connections, roads and refuse for the next five years.
It's the sphere of government you touch most and scrutinise least. Here's a small guide to thinking it through, whoever you end up backing.
Older women
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The last time I was with her she thought I was somebody else. Took her a couple of minutes to recall and it was on & off. Yoh.
