South Africa: Don't Vote for These Messiahs

We have the vote but the political parties do not represent the aspirations of the people, writes Ayanda Kota, founder of the Unemployed People's Movement.

Elections should be the season of hope. Steve Biko declared that our fight was for an open society, a society where the colour of a person's skin will not be a point of reference or departure, a society in which each person has one vote.

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