TOM EATON | Why you really, really have to register to vote this weekend
The ruling ANC won 10-million votes in 2019 — far fewer than the more than 16-million citizens who didn’t vote at all
01 February 2024 - 22:45
I’m guessing that if you’re reading this, and are vexed enough by politics to need the odd laugh at its expense, you probably vote. But as we go into the final voter registration weekend, I’d like to speak directly to another group of South Africans: those who are not going to vote this year...
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