Nie Cele
All eyes and centre of attraction will be on Jozi’s region D this Saturday for the much anticipated ward committee elections
Furthermore dozens of voters are expected to flock to their respective voting stations to cast their votes for their preferred candidates nominated to represent residents in the following sectors in the City of Johannesburg.
Transportation.
Development Planning and Urban Management.
Infrastructure and Services.
Finance and Economic Development.
Community Development 1 (youth, sports and culture) and Community.
Development 2 (women, CBOs and NGOs and religious groupings).
Johannesburg’s ward committee elections were postponed in March due to the high number of objections after nominations were made public.
Councillor Vasco Da Gama the Speaker of Council is on record encouraging residents to cast their votes for the candidates they think will best represent their community in support of the ward councillors.
“The elections are being run by the Office of the Speaker with technical support and training from the Independent Electoral Committee (IEC) which gives me satisfaction that election will be free, fair and transparent especially since residents have had to wait a while due to the postponement”, said Speaker Da Gama.
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DID YOU KNOW?
- Ward committees comprise of the ward councillor as the chairperson and ten members of the community.
- Voting stations open at 9am and close at 4pm on voting days.
- One can only vote in the ward registered in and not across wards with an SAIdentity document.
- In ward 35 voting will take place at Itekeng Primary School in White City and Morris Isaacson High School in Central Western Jabavu.
