The Front Page - The Mail & Guardian On A Historic Election For South Africa

Fresh and Thato spoke to Veteran Journalist from the Mail & Guardian, Marlan Padayachee unpacks his piece, “A historic election for South Africa”, and what the vote means for the future of local government. South Africans spoke, and the message was clear: fix the basics. With nearly 29 million registered voters were eligible to cast a ballot, and more than 130 000 candidates stood across over 600 parties. Water outages, crumbling roads and collapsing municipal finances pushed ideology to the back seat.