ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete has urged voters to head to the polls before they take care of their “bhabhalaz” on August 3.<\/p>\n
Addressing community members\u00a0from Ward 18 in Nelson Mandela Bay, Mbete urged them to remember\u00a0to vote for the ANC.<\/p>\n
“I am spreading this message everywhere I go. Before you go nurse and sort out your hangovers, go vote. After that you can go ‘uyolungisa ibhabhalaza’<\/em>,” she said.<\/p>\n She was with Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas and Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Bicks Ndoni.<\/p>\n “We are here to thank you for your service and to tell you the ANC loves you. You must love it back,” she urged.<\/p>\n Going door to door in the improvised area, she was told of housing issues.<\/p>\n Residents\u00a0also told her that they had no access to electricity.<\/p>\n Resident Mbongeni Ndolomba, 59, said they were illegally connecting electricity from a nearby area.<\/p>\n “We told them we would not vote if they told us to disconnect.”<\/p>\n He said they had no houses and that they were promised before every election that they would given houses.<\/p>\n They loved the ANC, however, and would not vote for other parties.<\/p>\n “But we listen to the other parties because they feed us, they cook for us while you disappear.”<\/p>\n Ndoni promised that the area’s problems were being addressed.<\/p>\n Mbete acknowledged that it was hard living in the area.<\/p>\n News24<\/a><\/p>\n Latest election polls show DA winning three major SA metros<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n What the violence in Tshwane means for the ANC in the election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on politics<\/h3>\n