cam

There is nothing morally superior about not voting and it is irresponsible. It is even worse when one’s defence for that is that no one is perfect enough to receive my vote. White farmers were devastated by a Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak at the behest of the DA - they did not abstain, they voted DA. The right and a large majority of the DA’s white constituents are vociferously opposed to the DA going into a coalition with the ANC in the GNU - they did not abstain, they voted DA When it was exposed in the Madlanga Commission that former DA Mayor in Ekurhuleni Tania Campbell introduced Cat Matlala into that municipality - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA. In Cape Town, when the relationship between 28 numbers gang leader Ralph Stanfield and DA MMC’s was exposed, revealing R1 billion in housing tender collusion - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA. Many black DA members have a bad taste in their mouth seeing Helen Zille as the Mayoral candidate of the DA, knowing her views on colonialism, and regressive views on redress - they did not abstain from voting, they voted DA. They do this because they know that political parties just like society are spaces of contestation of ideas, direction and values. They know that sitting on the sidelines and being self-important has no positive net effect on their lives. They must participate, influence, lobby and yes, VOTE! The suggestion that political parties which are left in persuasion or represent black interests in particular ought to be perfect for them to be voted for, is as silly as suggesting that not voting is some morally superior form of expressing one’s dissatisfaction. It is the height of what defines the self-righteousness of an individual that inadvertently hands political power to the right because “no one is good enough for my vote” The right does not operate like this, they vote because they appreciate that state power held by those who represent them has the potential to serve their interests. I am extremely proud that not only the EFF is shaming people for not voting, but South Africans are doing so in general. In social spaces, in your family, at your work place, continue to shame people who undermine voting, especially those who do so because it no longer serves their interests. The political space has been fractured for many years, including between 2013 and 2024 when some non-voters of today, urged you to vote while they were in Parliament. Do with that information what you wish. Here is a nice article we wrote on the irresponsibility of voter apathy and its consequences! ewn.co.za/2026/09/29/sinawo-…