Wed May 22 09:00:24 SAST 2013

'Voting has not brought change'

May 15, 2012 | Sibongile Mashaba Reporter and Vathiswa Ruselo Photographer | 61 comments

RESIDENTS of Emalahleni informal settlement in Klipspruit, Soweto, believe their plight has fallen on deaf ears.

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May 15, 2012

tpaz

and who said it will?
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May 15, 2012

ntebo

stop voting for ANC then, vote for COPE
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May 15, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

JEEEER our Government is fl!ppin rid!culous..
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May 15, 2012

GoodiesPheladi

Ba swinega. Next time they will think when they vote. You can't just vote for a political party as if you are voting for a soccer club. Dulang gona mo mekhukhung le nweng meetse a di t$hila gore le kgone go bulega hlogo.
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May 15, 2012

rasefatee

Thembalakhe Jaca you are the people who keep on voting for the anc so what carry your own cross sick and tired of listening to people like you come elections you vote for the same empty promises and keep on crying for 18 years a wise man thinks twice baba
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May 15, 2012

CheeseBoy

We tabled our needs, but she has not returned. We put our trust in her


and you get what you deserve. how many times 18 years after 1994 will you keep voting the same useless leaders into power huh? WAKE UP maaaan.
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May 15, 2012

WordofGod

It seems as though government does not care about us
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God cares. seek Him with all your heart, mind and soul and He will take you out of your situation. Jeremiah 29:12-14
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May 15, 2012

CheeseBoy

i hope the ANC teaches you a lesson and makes you stay in crap for 17 more years as long as you keep voting for me. SOWETAN we tired of stories form stupid people who vote with their bums and not their heads!!
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May 15, 2012

CheeseBoy

as you keep voting for me... meant as long as you vote for THEM.. typo
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May 15, 2012

milagro

weather we stop voting for anc and we vote for hu ever gwa swana,one thing i knw is that goverment do not care especialy if the councilr is not from that place you must know that we will suffer for ever couz if he/she was from the they wer gonna make sure dat everything goes well for their rural.this ppl do not care about us but them getting rich an nothing else we just have to start coming up with a plan an do things n our own take care of each other as the goverment dont.belive me crime wil never stop n his country if such imporend cases are not gven much attention.
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May 15, 2012

Catswhiskers

And things won't change while you give the ANC such a big majority! They don't have to provide services to the millions - you vote for them in any case.

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May 15, 2012

BinoBanga

Thembalakhe Jaca, I tell you that you and other struggling people brought this unto themselves!!! ANC!!! ANC!!!ANC!!!! ANC!!! Go ahead singing ANC!!!! ANC!!!! ANC!!!! Look around you people!! Your kids are playing in sewerage water!! Your kids attend schools that are delapidated!!! Ur kids future seem to be hopeless!!! Yet you say ANC!!! ANC!!! Heeeheeeheee!!! ANC!!!! It is high time every one think thoroughly when casting a vote because that cross you make in seconds can either bring future to our kids or doom them for good. ANC!!!! ANC!!!! Heheheheheh !!!! ANC!!! Go ahead sing and praise ANC!!!! ANC!!!! Go on!!!! ANC!!!! Again!! ANC!!! Uhm!!! ANC!!!! hay man!!! ANC!!!!
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May 15, 2012

oldlady2

I just don't know. For every one RDP house government builts, at least 100 more people pop up somewhere. I just don't know how a government (of any party) is supposed to keep up with the population explosion in SA. In the article someone says the people here rely on child grants, so then it means they have more and more children to get more money. It's a snowball situation.
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May 15, 2012

Papage

It is sad, really sad, ANC must be ashamed of themselves, people voted for them and they still leave like pigs, shame.
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May 15, 2012

WordofGod

@oldlady2
read the article underneath this one. the other guy originates from Lesotho but he is complaining about our service ... this is funny
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May 15, 2012

The-Rothschilds

Geez, last week it was racist week, this week its anti-ANC week
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May 15, 2012

ntebo

CheeseBoy
i hope the ANC teaches you a lesson and makes you stay in crap for 17 more years as long as you keep voting for me. SOWETAN we tired of stories form stupid people who vote with their bums and not their heads
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that is stories "from" stupid people not form stupid people
and we are tired not we tired neh
kikikikiki
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May 15, 2012

BinoBanga

ANC!! Uhmmm!!! ANC!!! Hmmm!!! ANC!!! Again!!!! ANC!!!! Comeon!!!! ANC!!! Aha!!!!!!! ANC!!! Hay man!!! ANC!!!! Sing the stupid song!! ANC!!! Ummmhhh!!!! ANC!!! Sing!!! ANC !!!! Comeon illetrates!!!ANC!!! Uhmmm!!!ANC!!!! Go ahead if you want to continue staying at squarter camps!!!!ANC!!!! Uneployment!!!! ANC!!!! Corruption!!!ANC!!!! Headless Chickens!!! ANC!!! What a song!!! ANC!!!! Hold it there!!!ANC!!!! lets stop singing!!! ANC!!!! Ok!! Lets loot governments funds!!! ANC!!!!Lets stealfrom the poor, our senior citizens who we are suppose to protec and make sure they are safe!!!ANC!! Ummhhh!!! ANC!!!!
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May 15, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

We have been voting, but that has not brought us any change. We still live in a dire situation. It seems as though government does not care about us.
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If you stop voting for street wise 1, made in china T-shirt/s and child grant/s maybe there will be change..........


"They do not get early childhood education because there are no daycare centres here.
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The government is not resposible for building nursery schools. Funny hale davazan le etsa ban you dont involve government.............
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May 15, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

@ntebo
LOL.......... I thought you lost the chalk/red pen yesterday
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May 15, 2012

BinoBanga

It is high time you consider starting a political party withBinoBanga!!! I tell you, lives of the people will change for the better and not what is happening now!!!!
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May 15, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

@WordofGod


Counsellor Word of daai ding kakkakkakakkakakkakakaka"God cares"
Jehova said whoever will live from his/her sweat mama hle the man is till young to look for job or do something to live.
Dumela wena maan eish!
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May 15, 2012

BinoBanga

BinoBanga!!! Uhmmm!! BinoBanga!! Again!!!! BinoBanga!!!! Peoples taxes utilised appropreately!!! BinoBanga!!! Improve quality of education and facilities!!!BinoBanga!!! safety and Security for all those who live in this country!!! BinoBanga!!! Intensify health facilities!!! BinoBanga!!! makesure investors feel safe to invest in this country for better jobs!!! BinoBanga!!!! make thorough research in order to fight HIV/AIDS!!! BinoBanga!!!! Fight corruption and Nepotism!!! BinaBanga!!! Make sure people are having equal rights and opportunities!!! BinoBangaaa!!! Ummmhhh!! BinoBanga!!!!
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May 15, 2012

Bumboklaat

@BinoBanga
ANC!! Uhmmm!!! ANC!!! Hmmm!!! ANC!!! Again!!!! ANC!!!! Comeon!!!! ANC!!! Aha!!!!!!! ANC!!! Hay man!!! ANC!!!! Sing the stupid song!! ANC!!! Ummmhhh!!!! ANC!!! Sing!!! ANC !!!! Comeon illetrates!!!ANC!!! Uhmmm!!!ANC!!!! Go ahead if you want to continue staying at squarter camps!!!!ANC!!!! Uneployment!!!! ANC!!!! Corruption!!!ANC!!!! Headless Chickens!!! ANC!!! What a song!!! ANC!!!! Hold it there!!!ANC!!!! lets stop singing!!! ANC!!!! Ok!! Lets loot governments funds!!! ANC!!!!Lets stealfrom the poor, our senior citizens who we are suppose to protec and make sure they are safe!!!ANC!! Ummhhh!!! ANC!!!!
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kikikikikikiki! that song deserves a double platinum!
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May 15, 2012

CheeseBoy

@ntebo
thanks. not my day with the keyboard today. I was getting worked up, getting tired of these people expecting freebies and miracles from the ANC.
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May 15, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

@WordofGod


Counsellor Word of daai ding kakkakkakakkakakkakakaka"God cares"
Jehova said whoever will live from his/her sweat mama hle the man* is till young to look for job or do something to live.
Dumela wena maan eish!
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May 15, 2012

mambaaai

oldlady2 I think lots and lots come over our borders from all over Africa just to add to the numbers
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May 15, 2012

Bebesocs

Yhey this is painful, our people need to be thought how and who to vote for , the voting to our people is still a new venture. Thembalakhe as from today DO NOT trust a politician, even if they come with lucrative things do not trust them. There were promises...Our children were promised stationery etc., people were promised jobs.., housing..., basic human needs like water, Thembalakhe the list is long what is happening? =NOTHING, so first learn about voting but have your own decision , Thembalakhe even the one preparing to grab the chair is the same, from the camp, he is not different.
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May 15, 2012

WordofGod

@katakata
dumela le wena mane
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May 15, 2012

PleaseGetReal

mambaaai
Old lady
oldlady2 I think lots and lots come over our borders from all over Africa just to add to the numbers

This is still a problem of the anc, they are just letting these people into our country when we are unable to look at our own people. They just thinking of anc votes that these people will give after 3 years because the locals are getting gatvol of anc.
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May 15, 2012

lerotse

I am very much aware of the exitment of voting .I do not know if u r aware that all the policies that the ruling party create came only if something is reported and the world is eeing that them they respond .The was never a policy from the ruling party of how to rule this country.So keep voting with hope of a beter life and the more they get richer .
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May 15, 2012

Dusc

O SHAME MAKE YOUR CROSS AT THE WRONG PLACE IT WILL NEVER CHANGE IT IS A SELF HELP GOVERMENT DONT HELP ANYONE EXEPT YOURSELF NEXT TIME TRY SOMETHING NEW
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May 15, 2012

Dimphozaza

Koodwa naye u Thembalakhe is lazy, ababantu always mourn and complain ngeloxhesha bahleli ngentsula enye and expect Gov to serve them on a gold platter. Phakama bhuti uyo phangela nokuba uqale e restu, wash those pots and dishes and work your way up. You will eventually get somewhere in life. They have to realise that nothing comes easy in life.

Even if they vote for DA or COPE nothing will change.
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May 15, 2012

Kekgethegile

I think we have gone from bad to worse. This "our freedom" came at a very heavy price.
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May 15, 2012

oldlady2

Mambaaai, WordofGod and PleaseGetReal, even worse is that here used to be laws about where one is allowed to build. Now I read elsewhere here about no laws for building against railway tracks. Those laws used to exist. What happened to them? Did the ANC just think that those were laws to oppress the black man, and scrapped them all, or what?. I don't know of any of you guys even remember the law of not walking on a highway. If the cops found you there, they'd load you in the van and drop you at the next exit, kilometres away from where you want to be. Those laws were there to protect citizens, now they're non existant.
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May 15, 2012

TrueSAN

I can just hear JaJasQueen saying trhat thios is simply white propoganda
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May 15, 2012

JajazQueen

TrueSAN
I can just hear JaJasQueen saying trhat thios is simply white propoganda
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The only reason you can make a statement like that is because you are stupid and you think you know everything. I have never refered to white propaganda, the only propaganda I have commented on is media. I hope you are not w.hite because right now you sound very ignorant....not only about politics but about service delivery issues as well. Most w.h.i.t.e.s. I have debated with are very aware of politics of this country and are very smart except for Sin who ignorantly choses not to see facts and spreads false allegations. Do you even know where this place they are refering to is? This whole area is a swamp and you cannot have any sort of infrastructure built here. Have you bothered to even find out where these people are from? Have you ever even been to Soweto, or like most fools you just get onto the net and jump into all sorts of conclussions.
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May 15, 2012

Usernamee

you got what you deserve from the anc...

stop mourning & stop sharing your insensitive stupid story here... go vote the anc and mourn another 18yr...
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May 15, 2012

JajazQueen

@mambaaai
oldlady2 I think lots and lots come over our borders from all over Africa just to add to the numbers
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For once I agree with you. Some of the squatting problems are created by non SAns. Unfortunately Zims speak the same language spoken here and answer to the same names and surnames of SAns. Making them very difficult to distinguish when it comes to housing allocations, especially since homeaffairs also caused confussions in giving them SA IDs 'fraudulantly'. But this area cannot have permanent housing. I know that most of the legal residents from here were moved to the hostel nearby.

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May 15, 2012

DA-DBN-GUY

Dude, you shouldnt be complaining. You keep voting for the anc and have a membership card that will get you into heaven. What more could you want? You getting what you voted for so just get on with your life and be happy that a bl ack man is running the country for you to enjoy.
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May 15, 2012

God'schild

Hmmmm!
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May 15, 2012

NnyoyakaEmonate_-

i wish i could care
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May 15, 2012

Maratachelete

This is exactly why I don't bother voting,I know I sound myopic,but all we ever vote for,is for the rich to become richer at the expense of the poor--and when it's time to deliver on the many promises made,nobody is interested.They speak from their glass houses.
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May 15, 2012

God'schild

@NnyoyakaEmonate_-
Your name doll!...........kikikiki.........What on earth?!
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May 15, 2012

AfricansUniteAgainst_

Mr Jaca
No voting can ever change your life.You can change your life.
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May 15, 2012

God'schild

Only GOD can change people's lives.
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May 15, 2012

MommaC

What exactly do they think they are voting for? A magic wand?

This isn't an 'informal settlement' it is a squatter camp. If you don't like squatting there for freee then go squat somewhere else. Better yet, think about what you want carefully. Paying rates, water, electricity and taxes isn't all it is cracked up to be
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May 15, 2012

Budapat

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooza 2014, eish mara who will deliver?
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May 15, 2012

BraSteve

I don't know who these people voted for, so I will not assume. But whoever it is, don't ever vote for that political party again. I don't care whether it was ANC, DA, Kiss party or Dikwakwentla something..
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May 15, 2012

JajazQueen

@MommaC
What exactly do they think they are voting for? A magic wand?

This isn't an 'informal settlement' it is a squatter camp. If you don't like squatting there for freee then go squat somewhere else. Better yet, think about what you want carefully. Paying rates, water, electricity and taxes isn't all it is cracked up to be
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100% you are on form!

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May 15, 2012

MommaC

JajazQueen

Its getting ridiculous now.
Yesterday there was an article about some very badly thought out loos. The fact that the community couldn't be arsed to clean up their environment or club together for a bottle of jik to throw down the bog just floored me. They don't want a government, they want a nusemaid.
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May 15, 2012

Ngwedane'endala

South Africans are spoiled, this guy must look for a job like everybody. We also looked for our jobs.
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May 15, 2012

shaharazad

you all missing the point, how big is SA? its not an island. people should just take the land and build their houses where its suitable. No matter who you vote for, its not the govt that does the job, its the people. 18 years of listening to lies and experiencing corruption should be enough of a wake-up call. People should take over the country and expand. Best example was the United States after the war of independence. people moved all over the country and secured pieces of lands and built their homesteads (I know the American Indians did not approve). three quarters of SA is empty, yet 4000 people live in 3000sq/m of land as if there is a shortage. We need a revolution and no more land reforms. South Africa belongs to all who live in it, that is in our constitution. its time to take over the land
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May 15, 2012

MommaC

shaharazad

Yea. Great idea. When they fall down a dirty great sinkhole because they built on dolomite, they will still blame the government's. When the ecosystem is completely screwed up because they built on a wetland, that will be the governments fault. When the fools decide to pop a squat on an old uranium mine and their kids all glow in the dark and have webbed feet, it will still be the governments fault. There are very good reasons why they do environmental studies BEFORE allowing building to happen
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May 15, 2012

Sinudeity

'Voting has not brought change'


Thats because you voted ANC duumb@sses.
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May 16, 2012

Traveljunie

Thanks MommaC that is reality but as they say commom sense is not so common any more, nothing more to add.


Besides, ffs dude stop voting ANC for a start or are you lot also slow learners?
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May 16, 2012

Pula

Askies shem
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May 20, 2012

PointOfOrder1

I see many morons here think we should feel sorry for this cockroaches who are always putting themselves in areas where they are not supposed to. I don't feel sorry for this moron with a doek. It i for the same reason why we have this uncontrollable informal settlement. They just go and put themselves and start crying about services. f8888k them
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May 23, 2012

WarrenG

Change your vote...nuff said
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May 25, 2012

CHALA

We are getting no where but still vote for the idiots to stay on the seat,that only look out for their own selfish needs.Than they can still brag about knowing what their doing.What about our kids that still don't have text books on the East Rand & half the yr's already gone.How do they want the kids to do the home-work without text books.Than we find teachers that fail kids for not understanding the work...
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May 30, 2012

simonburgers

My point exactly Milagro
it doesn't matter who is voted - the same will happen.rather go for a strike than wasting time voting.
SA leders totally fail to think.they must review policies n revamp s it's necessary.Also they should limit number of chilren per family - we r overpopulated people.furhermore regulate migration.our citizens must avoid bearing chidren knowing very well that they cant affort to raise them - stop fu#cking irresponsibly s if u r mindless animals
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