African National Congress (ANC) deputy president David Mabuza said it’s the responsibility of its members to return the Tshwane back to the party.
Mabuza was speaking during a campaign trail in the city on Saturday in a last-minute push for support.
He has been crisscrossing the city in an attempt to garner support for the ANC ahead of the local government election.
The ANC has since lost council to the Democratic Alliance.
Mabuza addressed a public meeting, saying its time now that the ANC stamp its authority.
“There is no government that can claim authority over the people if it is not voted in by the people.”
Meanwhile, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa believes the ongoing power crisis won’t hurt his party at the polls.
This comes as Eskom announced rolling blackouts last week that lasted until Friday.
However, the power utility suspended power cuts on Friday two days before the municipal elections, saying that generation capacity had improved.
Speaking on the side-lines of an election campaign in Ivory Park on Saturday, Ramaphosa said the country’s power crisis won’t affect the elections.
“Will it have a negative impact on the elections? I will think not, because people understand where we are. They are angry, but at the same time, they have come to understand and internalize the explanations that have been given.”
He told also told journalists that Eskom doesn’t have an easy task ahead of it, but it’s a vital one.
“I am putting a lot of pressure on them, however, they must stabilize the electricity system in our country because our people deserve a stable electricity system.”
The Independent Electoral Commission said it’s highly satisfied with the way the process is working out.
There’s only been one red flag the commission has noted so far out of Camperdown in KwaZulu-Natal.
IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo said they’re now working with police and other authorities to resolve the situation.
“We’re working together with security agencies and should be able to open those voting stations because there are people who have applied for special voting and those people are entitled to participate.”
The weather also threw a spanner in the works in some areas with fierce winds blowing over several tents that were meant to be used as voting stations.
But Mamabolo said they managed to set them up again on time for the stations to open: “
-EWN
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