JOHANNESBURG – Different political parties took to the streets to interact with South Africans on the last voter registration weekend ahead of the local government elections.
The election will take place on 4 November.
ActionSA said addressing service delivery problems is central to its efforts to address inequality in the Western Cape.
The party's Cape Town mayoral candidate Dereleen James took her campaign message to Atlantis.
She said crime, poverty and inadequate services remain major concerns for many communities.
“Poverty, lack of service delivery, safety. When I speak to the residents here, this isn't Dereleen’s story; this is the story of the residents. Residents are saying to me in every community that I go into in the city of Cape Town, people are saying to me it is not safe,” James said.
The IFP in Johannesburg said the ballot box is the most effective way to demand better service delivery.
The IFP said voters have the power to hold leaders accountable for ongoing water and electricity issues in their communities.
IFP’s Nkosikhona Khanyile said people have to go in numbers to go and register to vote.
“As the City of Johannesburg, we are experiencing a lot of challenges, more especially on the service delivery, and then looking at the issue of the water crisis, power outages in and around areas.
“Those are the basic things that now affect the people of the city of Johannesburg the most.
“So that is why now we are saying that the people, they can't just go on the street when they want to raise their voice. So now they must go and participate in the voting so that they can raise their concern,” Khanyile said.