SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: The voting conundrum
Choosing who to vote for has never been as difficult as it is today. Finding leaders and policies worthy of my vote has never been this tough
In about 25 weeks, all citizens will have to make a choice about who should govern the affairs of our nation for the next five years. This is a ritual in which I have participated with religious regularity since I came of voting age. It has always been easy to make a decision about who to vote for. In that time, I have voted for three political parties. But choosing who to vote for has never been as difficult as it is today. While all sorts of parties are punting themselves as the best choice, finding leaders and policies worthy of my vote has never been this tough. Let’s start with what would seem to be the natural home of my vote — the ANC. This party has, on paper, the best policies to advance SA. The National Development Plan is a good but imperfect start. Many of the government policies that have been developed over the past 25 years have had a positive net effect on the lives of the overwhelming majority. The most important of these is the social security network that takes ca...
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