I made my mark.

Robyn

I voted on May 18. Did you?

I felt so proud standing in the [very short] queue at Edenglen Primary School, waiting to mark my X at the political party I hoped would make a difference to our municipalities. And I must say, I was really impressed by the whole process, which took a massive 20 minutes to complete. 

The line of 80-odd people moved quickly up the path and branched off into five or six organised voting rooms. When I got to mine, I felt quite special seeing my name printed on a piece of paper – like I’d been specially invited to this day, where I could try make a difference to my country. That’s an invitation I’ll accept any day, and I implore you to change your mind if you think otherwise. 

After all, what better invitation to accept than the one to your political party – perhaps one that says it will clean up your streets, offer corruption-free delivery, and lets you know the truth by promising a free and independent media.  

Current municipal election update as of May 20, 2011 
ANC: 153 seats in City of Johannesburg (58.83% of the vote) 
DA:    90 seats in the City of Johannesburg (34.78% of the vote)
Inkatha Freedom Party: 4 seats in City of Johannesburg (1.64% of the vote)