COSATU calls on workers to register to vote this coming weekend
7 April 2016
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is calling on all its members and workers in general to register to vote this coming weekend. Registration centres will be open on the 9-10th of April 2016 between 08:00-17:00 and all that people need to bring for registration are their ID documents.
The federation calls on all workers to register and ensure that they exercise their right to choose their local representatives in the upcoming local government. These representatives will serve their communities for the next five years. They will be responsible to ensure that citizens have access to services that impact their lives on a daily basis like; water, electricity, sanitation, decent roads and other amenities.
Workers should exercise this democratic right to choose their councillors and should also ensure that they hold them accountable afterwards. Many people paid the ultimate price to ensure that everyone has a right to choose their representatives.
The 12th National Congress of COSATU and the federation’s recently held Central Executive Committee have agreed that the municipal elections campaign must be an integral part of our 2016 programme of action. The federation calls on its members to campaign and overwhelmingly vote for the ANC in the coming elections. We all need to ensure that the ANC gets a decisive election victory.